NameTides

Mikaela

Mikaela was the #1,034 girls' name in the US in 2025 (241 babies), and #1,229 in England & Wales and #567 in Canada.

Mikaela as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Mikaela as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Mikaela as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#1,034 (241)#1,229 (26)———#567 (53)—
2024#968 (268)#1,895 (15)———#457 (66)—
2023#819 (339)#1,959 (14)#749 (3)—#856 (3)#493 (59)—
2022#689 (425)#1,685 (17)———#408 (74)—
2021#780 (363)#1,224 (27)———#454 (67)—
2020#755 (360)#1,507 (20)———#410 (75)—
2019#722 (394)#1,782 (16)———#369 (87)—
2018#676 (432)#2,090 (13)———#375 (87)—
2017#717 (401)#2,090 (13)——#873 (3)#435 (75)—
2016#616 (486)#1,370 (24)———#350 (98)—
2015#604 (486)#1,961 (14)#806 (3)—#751 (4)#313 (106)—
2014#576 (531)#1,367 (23)——#876 (3)#391 (86)—
2013#617 (453)#2,313 (11)———#300 (109)—
2012#586 (497)#1,720 (17)——#560 (7)#300 (109)—
2011#451 (673)#1,489 (20)——#612 (6)#286 (117)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1997 at #273.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1966.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,700 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 6,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 9,700uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Mikaela is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,700 to 1 in 9,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mikaela 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: #1,240ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #758NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,271OHPennsylvania: #1,015PANew Jersey: #618NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #635CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #799TXFlorida: #651FL
Mikaela (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
Quebec2025#36214
Ontario2024#54223

Mikaela (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
MikaelaCanadaGirls#56753
MikaelaEngland & WalesGirls#1,22926
MikaelaIrelandGirls—too few
MikaelaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MikaelaNSWGirls—too few
MikaelaScotlandGirls—too few
MikaelaUSGirls#1,034241