Michaela
#566 most common girls' name of all time · #1,056 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1921–2025
Rank among girls
#566
Rank overall
#1,056 of 105,966
First appeared
1921
Years on the list
94 of 146
All-time
53,702
Since 2016
5,014
Peak year
1997 #100
Best rank
#100 1997
Girls
Boys
peak 3,405/yr
Michaela first appears in 1921. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 323 | — | 323 | #842 |
| 2024 | 379 | — | 379 | #742 |
| 2023 | 459 | — | 459 | #638 |
| 2022 | 516 | — | 516 | #579 |
| 2021 | 523 | — | 523 | #578 |
| 2020 | 449 | — | 449 | #646 |
| 2019 | 492 | — | 492 | #613 |
| 2018 | 591 | — | 591 | #532 |
| 2017 | 608 | — | 608 | #517 |
| 2016 | 674 | — | 674 | #472 |
| 2015 | 647 | — | 647 | #496 |
| 2014 | 663 | — | 663 | #478 |
| 2013 | 744 | — | 744 | #410 |
| 2012 | 726 | — | 726 | #430 |
| 2011 | 778 | — | 778 | #406 |
| 2010 | 814 | — | 814 | #390 |
| 2009 | 876 | — | 876 | #368 |
| 2008 | 922 | — | 922 | #358 |
| 2007 | 971 | — | 971 | #341 |
| 2006 | 1,003 | — | 1,003 | #331 |
| 2005 | 1,153 | — | 1,153 | #287 |
| 2004 | 1,167 | 6 | 1,173 | #283 |
| 2003 | 1,380 | — | 1,380 | #237 |
| 2002 | 1,615 | — | 1,615 | #201 |
| 2001 | 1,827 | — | 1,827 | #178 |
| 2000 | 2,172 | — | 2,172 | #154 |
| 1999 | 2,657 | 10 | 2,667 | #125 |
| 1998 | 3,341 | 5 | 3,346 | #103 |
| 1997 | 3,398 | 7 | 3,405 | #100 |
| 1996 | 3,176 | — | 3,176 | #102 |
| 1995 | 3,083 | 7 | 3,090 | #107 |
| 1994 | 3,044 | 8 | 3,052 | #109 |
| 1993 | 1,853 | 8 | 1,861 | #169 |
| 1992 | 960 | — | 960 | #288 |
| 1991 | 783 | — | 783 | #336 |
| 1990 | 878 | — | 878 | #311 |
| 1989 | 998 | 7 | 1,005 | #269 |
| 1988 | 633 | 5 | 638 | #378 |
| 1987 | 535 | — | 535 | #417 |
| 1986 | 519 | — | 519 | #422 |
| 1985 | 508 | — | 508 | #434 |
| 1984 | 333 | — | 333 | #559 |
| 1983 | 293 | — | 293 | #604 |
| 1982 | 285 | — | 285 | #630 |
| 1981 | 243 | — | 243 | #696 |
| 1980 | 267 | — | 267 | #665 |
| 1979 | 225 | — | 225 | #734 |
| 1978 | 173 | — | 173 | #856 |
| 1977 | 170 | — | 170 | #865 |
| 1976 | 156 | — | 156 | #869 |
| 1975 | 120 | — | 120 | #1,008 |
| 1974 | 128 | — | 128 | #967 |
| 1973 | 111 | — | 111 | #1,051 |
| 1972 | 117 | — | 117 | #1,011 |
| 1971 | 127 | — | 127 | #993 |
| 1970 | 128 | — | 128 | #982 |
| 1969 | 139 | — | 139 | #896 |
| 1968 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,036 |
| 1967 | 114 | — | 114 | #956 |
| 1966 | 101 | 6 | 107 | #1,037 |
| 1965 | 106 | — | 106 | #1,016 |
| 1964 | 95 | — | 95 | #1,130 |
| 1963 | 84 | — | 84 | #1,197 |
| 1962 | 66 | — | 66 | #1,369 |
| 1961 | 72 | — | 72 | #1,316 |
| 1960 | 53 | — | 53 | #1,534 |
| 1959 | 54 | — | 54 | #1,473 |
| 1958 | 58 | — | 58 | #1,402 |
| 1957 | 69 | — | 69 | #1,267 |
| 1956 | 76 | — | 76 | #1,199 |
| 1955 | 74 | — | 74 | #1,165 |
| 1954 | 75 | — | 75 | #1,150 |
| 1953 | 62 | — | 62 | #1,239 |
| 1952 | 75 | — | 75 | #1,094 |
| 1951 | 60 | — | 60 | #1,210 |
| 1950 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,547 |
| 1949 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,507 |
| 1948 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,569 |
| 1947 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,782 |
| 1946 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,462 |
| 1945 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,613 |
| 1944 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,734 |
| 1943 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,828 |
| 1942 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,584 |
| 1941 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,081 |
| 1940 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,404 |
| 1939 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,873 |
| 1938 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,327 |
| 1937 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,553 |
| 1935 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,104 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,693 |
| 1927 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,242 |
| 1923 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,566 |
| 1921 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,827 |