Michaela Girl
How popular is Michaela?
#841 girl name in 2025
323 baby girls were named Michaela in the US in 2025, making it the 841st most popular girl name.
Michaela popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #841 for girls (▼ 99 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 323 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-50% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #496 in 2015, #644 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1997 (3,398 girls) |
| Highest rank | #100 in 1997 |
| First recorded | 1921 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Michaela counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Michaela family of names ranked #728 for girls in 2025 (#674 the year before), with 357 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Michaela | 323 | 90% |
| Michaella | 34 | 10% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Michaela is most popular
Babies named Michaela per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.7 per 1,000 (124 girls)
- Connecticut: 0.7 per 1,000 (38 girls)
- New York: 0.6 per 1,000 (245 girls)
- Maryland: 0.5 per 1,000 (57 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.5 per 1,000 (65 girls)
Michaela by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 17 | #3,873 |
| 1930s | 58 | #1,797 |
| 1940s | 273 | #1,438 |
| 1950s | 640 | #1,087 |
| 1960s | 931 | #892 |
| 1970s | 1,455 | #734 |
| 1980s | 4,614 | #269 |
| 1990s | 23,173 | #100 |
| 2000s | 13,086 | #154 |
| 2010s | 6,737 | #390 |
| 2020s | 2,649 | #578 |
Girl names about as popular as Michaela
Questions
- Is Michaela a boy or girl name?
- Michaela is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Michaela were girls.
- How popular is the name Michaela?
- 323 baby girls were named Michaela in the US in 2025, making it the 841st most popular girl name.
- When was Michaela most popular?
- Michaela peaked in 1997, when 3,398 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #100 in 1997.
- How many people are named Michaela?
- 53,702 babies have been named Michaela in the US since 1880. We estimate about 52,605 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 28.
- Where is Michaela most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Michaela was most common in New Jersey, at 0.7 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.