Girls' name · since 1990
Michalla
Michalla has 136 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,801 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Michalla sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 136 recorded since 1990.
Michalla has 136 recorded births among girls since 1990, 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 1990 to 2005.
- #23,801 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 136 born since 1990
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Michalla ranks #23,801 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 136 born since 1990, peaking in the 1990s.
- #23,801 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Michalla's 136 recorded births place it above 67.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Michalla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Michalla's SSA record in two at 1996 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1994 peak of 34, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Michalla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2005
- Peak year (1994)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2005.
136 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 34 births in a single year.
Michalla by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (124 births, 91% of the file).
1990s was Michalla's strongest decade.
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 91% of all-time use.
Michalla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
124 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 124 births (91% of all-time use).
Michalla decade highlights
- Peak decade 124 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Michalla's data
- Michalla's decade-level peak was the 1990s (124 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2000s -- 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 Michalla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1990–2005 (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 Michalla 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.
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