Michala — girls' name

What the Data Says About Michala

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,545 babies named Michala between 1970 and 2015, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Michala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 144 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Michala performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 876 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Michala shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 63 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Michala in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Michala 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 1,545 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.