Michella — girls' name

What the Data Says About Michella

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,098 babies named Michella between 1948 and 2020, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Michella currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 42 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Michella performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 279 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Michella shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Michella in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Michella 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 1,098 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.