Michaela
Rank in 2025
#841
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
323
girls 323
Peak year
1997
3,398 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
53,702
since 1921
Born a Michaela? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Michaela was most popular in 1997, when 3,398 babies recorded as girls got the name (2.0 per 1,000). In 2025, 323 babies were named Michaela, ranking #841 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 21%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 323 | 841 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 379 | 742 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 459 | 638 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 516 | 578 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 523 | 578 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 449 | 644 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 492 | 613 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 591 | 531 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 608 | 517 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 674 | 471 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 647 | 496 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 663 | 477 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 744 | 409 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 726 | 430 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 778 | 406 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 814 | 390 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 876 | 368 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 922 | 358 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 971 | 340 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 1,003 | 331 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 1,153 | 287 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 1,167 | 283 | 6 | 9948 |
| 2003 | 1,380 | 237 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 1,615 | 201 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 1,827 | 178 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 2,172 | 154 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 2,657 | 125 | 10 | 6042 |
| 1998 | 3,341 | 103 | 5 | 9631 |
| 1997 | 3,398 | 100 | 7 | 7281 |
| 1996 | 3,176 | 102 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 3,083 | 107 | 7 | 6992 |
| 1994 | 3,044 | 109 | 8 | 6372 |
| 1993 | 1,853 | 169 | 8 | 6228 |
| 1992 | 960 | 288 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 783 | 336 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 878 | 311 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 998 | 269 | 7 | 6229 |
| 1988 | 633 | 378 | 5 | 7270 |
| 1987 | 535 | 417 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 519 | 422 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 508 | 433 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 333 | 559 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 293 | 604 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 285 | 630 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 243 | 696 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 267 | 665 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 225 | 734 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 173 | 855 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 170 | 862 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 156 | 869 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 120 | 1007 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 128 | 964 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 111 | 1047 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 117 | 1006 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 127 | 988 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 128 | 979 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 139 | 892 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 101 | 1031 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 114 | 951 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 101 | 1031 | 6 | 3537 |
| 1965 | 106 | 1013 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 95 | 1125 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 84 | 1188 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 66 | 1359 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 72 | 1305 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 53 | 1523 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 54 | 1466 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 58 | 1395 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 69 | 1262 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 76 | 1194 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 74 | 1157 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 75 | 1140 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 62 | 1225 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 75 | 1088 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 60 | 1203 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 37 | 1524 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 38 | 1489 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 36 | 1548 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 30 | 1752 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 37 | 1439 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 27 | 1588 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 24 | 1698 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 23 | 1791 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 28 | 1559 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 17 | 2018 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 13 | 2297 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 19 | 1797 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 14 | 2225 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 12 | 2448 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 6 | 3742 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 7 | 3406 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1931 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1930 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1929 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1928 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 7 | 3875 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1925 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1924 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 5 | 4967 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 5 | 5099 | <5 | — |
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Where Michaela is most popular
- Connecticut2.5×
- Massachusetts2.2×
- New Jersey2.1×
- Maryland1.9×
- New York1.7×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years