Michaela

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: German

Meaning

Michaela is a female given name. It is a female form of the Hebrew name Michael, which means "Who is like God". As of 2008, it was 357th in rank for newborn girls in the United States, and 325th in England and Wales.

From Wikipedia

Michaela first appears in the data in 1921 and has been recorded in 93 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1997 with 3,398 babies (rank #100 that year). In 2024 it was given to 378 girls (rank #743). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Michaela

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Michaela yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

53,372
Total babies (all years)
93
Years in the data
3,398
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19215#5,645
19235#5,471
19277#4,146
19337#3,650
19356#4,078
193712#2,531
193814#2,302
193919#1,852
194013#2,382
194117#2,071
194228#1,581
194323#1,820
194424#1,730
194527#1,610
194637#1,457
194730#1,777
194836#1,566
194938#1,501
195037#1,544
195160#1,211
195275#1,094
195362#1,237
195475#1,151
195574#1,162
195676#1,201
195769#1,267
195858#1,406
195954#1,472
196053#1,534
196172#1,314
196266#1,369
196384#1,197
196495#1,132
1965106#1,018
1966101#1,037
1967114#956
1968101#1,038
1969139#895
1970128#984
1971127#991
1972117#1,008
1973111#1,050
1974128#966
1975120#1,010
1976156#869
1977170#865
1978173#856
1979225#734
1980267#665
1981243#696
1982285#633
1983293#605
1984333#559
1985508#434
1986519#422
1987535#417
1988633#378
1989998#269
1990878#311
1991783#336
1992960#288
19931,853#169
19943,044#109
19953,083#107
19963,176#102
19973,398#100
19983,341#103
19992,657#125
20002,172#154
20011,827#178
20021,615#201
20031,380#237
20041,167#283
20051,153#287
20061,002#332
2007971#340
2008922#358
2009876#368
2010814#391
2011777#407
2012726#430
2013744#409
2014663#478
2015647#496
2016674#472
2017608#517
2018591#532
2019492#614
2020446#647
2021522#581
2022516#578
2023459#637
2024378#743