Girls' name · since 1911
Michela
2,217 babies named Michela in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,401 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,991 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,217
- born since 1911
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Michela is the #10991 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,217 recorded since 1911.
Michela has 2,217 recorded births among girls since 1911, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10991 as of the latest data, more common than 36% of girls, 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 1911 to 2025.
- #4,401 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,991 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,217 born since 1911
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Michela ranks #4,401 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,991 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,217 born since 1911, peaking in the 1990s.
- #4,401 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,991 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,217
- born since 1911
- 1990s
- peak decade
Michela's 2,217 recorded births place it above 93.91% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Michela compares
2,217 Top 21% higher than 79% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Michela's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Michela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,217 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 99 | 21 | 19,840 |
Michela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Michela splits its recorded history at 1984: 79% of all births land in the more recent half, 21% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1911 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 99 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Michela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1911–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 99
- Annual births at peak, across 115 years of records
Michela by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (722 births, 33% of the file).
1990s was Michela's strongest decade.
722 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Michela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 10
1910s
10 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 40
1940s
40 births
- 1950s 67
1950s
67 births
- 1960s 94
1960s
94 births
- 1970s 164
1970s
164 births
- 1980s
1980s
333 births
- 1990s
1990s
722 births
- 2000s
2000s
468 births
- 2010s 225
2010s
225 births
- 2020s 89
2020s
89 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 722 births (33% of all-time use).
How Michela compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Michela's total volume
Michela by state
Where Michela concentrates geographically, total births since 1911
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 202 | 9.1% |
| #2 | California | | 183 | 8.3% |
| #3 | Massachusetts | | 126 | 5.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 32 | 1.4% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 26 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 24 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 18 | 0.8% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 15 | 0.7% |
202 of 2,217 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Michela's data
- Michela's decade-level peak was the 1990s (722 total births); usage has since declined to 89 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Michelas (202 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Michela
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Michela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~114 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, 1911–2025 (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 Michela 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.