Girls' name · since 1986
Machaela
Machaela has 419 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,155 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 419
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Machaela sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 419 recorded since 1986.
Machaela has 419 recorded births among girls since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2012.
- #13,155 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 419 born since 1986
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Machaela ranks #13,155 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 419 born since 1986, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,155 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 419
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Machaela's 419 recorded births place it above 81.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Machaela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Machaela splits its recorded history at 2000: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2012 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 44 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Machaela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2012
- Peak year (1997)
- 44
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Machaela by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (208 births, 50% of the file).
1990s was Machaela's strongest decade.
208 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Machaela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
208 births
- 2000s
2000s
185 births
- 2010s 14
2010s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 208 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Machaela's decade-level peak was the 1990s (208 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Machaela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1986–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Machaela draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.