Michaella — #5027 US girls' name
2,275 babies named Michaella in U.S. Social Security records since 1941, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 72% of names given to girls today.
41% of everyone ever named Michaella was born in this single decade.
141 babies were named Michaella in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Michaella
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,275 babies named Michaella between 1941 and 2024, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Michaella currently holds the #5027 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 141 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Michaella performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 924 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Michaella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 201 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Michaella in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Michaella 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 2,275 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.
Michaella at a glance
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Current rank
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Michaella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1941
- Peak year (1997)
- 141
- Annual births at peak — across 84 years of records
Currently ranks #5027 among girls.
2,275 total births across 84 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 141 births in a single year.
Michaella by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 924 births that decade — 41% of Michaella's all-time total
Michaella decade highlights
- Peak decade 924 births
- Runner-up 530 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Michaella's strongest decade
924 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Michaella by state
Where Michaella concentrates geographically — total births since 1941
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 201 | 8.8% |
| #2 | Florida | | 108 | 4.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 102 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Texas | | 60 | 2.6% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 46 | 2.0% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 38 | 1.7% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 30 | 1.3% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 30 | 1.3% |
201 of 2,275 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.8% of nationwide
- Florida 4.7% of nationwide
- New York 4.5% of nationwide
- Texas 2.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 17 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Michaella appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1941–2024 (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.