Baby name

Michaela

Girl

Origin of the name

Michaela is a feminine form of Michael, “Who is like God?”

Short-lived name

In 1997, Michaela reached its peak: 3,398 girls, 1 baby in 1,067. Since then, the name has fallen 87%, to about 440 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 841. 43% of all babies named Michaela since 1880 were born in the 1990s.

53,633births since 1880

1990sgeneration

No. 100rank at its peak, in 1997

Where babies named Michaela are born

1997

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The darker the blue, the more common Michaela is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Michaela is most common in Rhode Island (4.4 times), Nebraska (3.6) and Massachusetts (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Michael 21,880
Micaela 14,977
Michaella 2,309
Michela 2,217
Michaele 1,816
Michala 1,545

Names from the same era

Allyson · Caitlyn · Guadalupe · Esmeralda · Mikayla · Madeleine

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