Girls' name · since 1993
Micaila
144 babies named Micaila in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,220 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 144
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Micaila is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 144 have been recorded since 1993.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Micaila has been recorded 144 times among girls since 1993, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2010.
- #23,220 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 144 born since 1993
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Micaila ranks #23,220 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 144 born since 1993, peaking in the 1990s.
- #23,220 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 144
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Micaila's 144 recorded births place it above 67.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Micaila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Micaila's full recorded timeline at 2001, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Micaila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2010
- Peak year (1997)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Micaila by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (76 births, 53% of the file).
1990s was Micaila's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Micaila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
76 births
- 2000s
2000s
63 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 76 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Micaila's decade-level peak was the 1990s (76 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Micaila: 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 (~17 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, 1993–2010 (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 Micaila 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.