Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
19401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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