Mikaela

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

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

Mikaela first appears in the data in 1966 and has been recorded in 56 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1997 with 1,071 babies (rank #273 that year). In 2024 it was given to 267 girls (rank #970). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Mikaela

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

20,475
Total babies (all years)
56
Years in the data
1,071
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
19665#7,273
19709#5,671
19715#9,156
19727#7,021
19737#7,148
197410#5,620
197515#4,288
197628#2,773
197719#3,862
197819#3,864
197953#1,968
198031#2,921
198151#2,046
198242#2,351
198358#1,830
198463#1,745
1985134#1,088
1986130#1,121
1987136#1,108
1988145#1,090
1989204#902
1990265#773
1991252#816
1992253#798
1993441#542
1994862#315
1995838#325
19961,040#280
19971,071#273
19981,021#296
1999862#349
2000759#381
2001639#434
2002571#490
2003513#546
2004514#555
2005507#568
2006450#641
2007446#665
2008577#534
2009601#502
2010717#432
2011673#452
2012497#587
2013452#619
2014531#576
2015486#604
2016486#616
2017401#717
2018432#676
2019394#722
2020360#759
2021362#786
2022425#690
2023339#819
2024267#970