Micala — girls' name
373 babies named Micala in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
373 girls have been named Micala since 1979, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2008.
- 373
- total births
- 1979–2008
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 61%
- born in that decade
61% of everyone ever named Micala was born in this single decade.
41 babies were named Micala in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Micala
The Social Security Administration has registered 373 babies named Micala between 1979 and 2008, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Micala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 41 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Micala performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 227 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Micala shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Micala in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Micala in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 373 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Micala at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Micala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1979
- Peak year (1994)
- 41
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
373 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 41 births in a single year.
Micala by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 227 births that decade — 61% of Micala's all-time total
Micala decade highlights
- Peak decade 227 births
- Runner-up 91 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Micala's strongest decade
227 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
Micala by state
Where Micala concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 1.6% |
6 of 373 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2008 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.