Michela Girl

How popular is Michela?

#10,913 girl name in 2025

8 baby girls were named Michela in the US in 2025, making it the 10913th most popular girl name.

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2,130living people named Michela (est.)
30median age of people named Michela
2,217babies named Michela since 1880
1 in 414,418US babies born in 2025

Michela popularity over time

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Rank in 2025#10,913 for girls (▼ 3985 from 2024)
Babies in 20258 girls
10-year trendFalling fast (-67% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#5,456 in 2015, #6,079 in 2020
Peak year1998 (99 girls)
Highest rank#1,634 in 1998
First recorded1911
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Michela counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Michela family of names ranked #4,031 for girls in 2025 (#4,414 the year before), with 19 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Michela 8 42%
Micheala 5 26%
Michella 6 32%

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 Michela is most popular

Babies named Michela per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)

Michela by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1910s10#2,463
1930s5#4,548
1940s40#2,984
1950s67#3,376
1960s94#3,732
1970s164#2,931
1980s333#1,881
1990s722#1,634
2000s468#2,376
2010s225#4,022
2020s89#6,079

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Questions

Is Michela a boy or girl name?
Michela is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Michela were girls.
How popular is the name Michela?
8 baby girls were named Michela in the US in 2025, making it the 10913th most popular girl name.
When was Michela most popular?
Michela peaked in 1998, when 99 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,634 in 1998.
How many people are named Michela?
2,217 babies have been named Michela in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,130 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 30.
Where is Michela most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Michela was most common in New York, at 0.0 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.