NameTides

Michaela

Michaela was the #841 girls' name in the US in 2025 (323 babies), and #747 in England & Wales and #509 in Canada.

Michaela as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Michaela as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandCanadaUSEngland & WalesScotland
Michaela as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#841 (323)#747 (49)#780 (3)#397 (3)#273 (15)#509 (60)
2024#742 (379)#837 (44)#541 (5)#407 (3)#259 (16)#544 (55)
2023#638 (459)#734 (49)#749 (3)—#247 (16)#469 (62)
2022#578 (516)#718 (51)#418 (7)#418 (3)#237 (18)#548 (52)
2021#578 (523)#709 (53)—#446 (3)#270 (16)#533 (55)
2020#644 (449)#643 (58)#544 (5)#397 (3)#246 (18)#565 (51)
2019#613 (492)#694 (56)#376 (9)#263 (6)#284 (16)#494 (65)
2018#531 (591)#680 (59)#680 (4)—#255 (18)#532 (58)
2017#517 (608)#582 (73)#369 (9)#296 (5)#205 (25)#546 (58)
2016#471 (674)#655 (64)#502 (6)—#156 (35)#494 (66)
2015#496 (647)#620 (67)#806 (3)#223 (8)#185 (30)#503 (63)
2014#477 (663)#629 (64)#395 (9)#229 (8)#139 (42)#493 (65)
2013#409 (744)#551 (75)#564 (5)#234 (8)#130 (48)#410 (79)
2012#430 (726)#480 (92)#294 (15)#203 (9)#108 (61)#421 (75)
2011#406 (778)#430 (100)#220 (20)#132 (18)#78 (91)#440 (73)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1997 at #100.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1921.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,200uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Michaela is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,800 to 1 in 6,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Michaela by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #797ILMichigan: #735MINew York: #481NYMassachusetts: #564MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #721INOhio: #878OHPennsylvania: #763PANew Jersey: #422NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #766CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #789CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #926MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #758VAMaryland: #600MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: #688SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #901TXFlorida: #735FL
Michaela (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#54223
Quebec2025#5917

Michaela (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MichaelaCanadaGirls#50960
MichaelaEngland & WalesGirls#74749
MichaelaIrelandGirls#27315
MichaelaNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
MichaelaScotlandGirls#7803
MichaelaUSGirls#841323
MichaelaUSBoys—too few