Girls' name · since 1948
Michella
Michella has 1,104 recorded births since 1948 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,006 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,414 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,104
- born since 1948
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yes -- Michella is the #13414 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,104 recorded since 1948.
Michella has 1,104 recorded births among girls since 1948, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13414 as of the latest data, more common than 22% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 2025.
- #7,006 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,414 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,104 born since 1948
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Michella ranks #7,006 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,414 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,104 born since 1948, peaking in the 1970s.
- #7,006 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,414 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,104
- born since 1948
- 1970s
- peak decade
Michella's 1,104 recorded births place it above 90.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Michella compares
1,104 Top 31% higher than 69% 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
Michella's all-time total is 194% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Michella | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,104 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 42 | 21 | 19,840 |
Michella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Michella's full recorded timeline at 1985, 39% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 61% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1948, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 42 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Michella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–2025
- Peak year (1990)
- 42
- Annual births at peak, across 78 years of records
Michella by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (279 births, 25% of the file).
1970s was Michella's strongest decade.
279 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Michella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 75
1950s
75 births
- 1960s
1960s
207 births
- 1970s
1970s
279 births
- 1980s
1980s
212 births
- 1990s
1990s
192 births
- 2000s 83
2000s
83 births
- 2010s 39
2010s
39 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 279 births (25% of all-time use).
How Michella 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 Michella's total volume
Michella by state
Where Michella concentrates geographically, total births since 1948
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 31 | 2.8% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #4 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Texas | | 5 | 0.5% |
31 of 1,104 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Michella's data
- Michella's decade-level peak was the 1970s (279 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Michellas (31 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Michella
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Michella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~77 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, 1948–2025 (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 Michella 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.