Girls' name · since 1976
Mickela
38 babies named Mickela in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 38
- total births
- 1976–2002
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
Mickela is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 38 have been recorded since 1976.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mickela has been recorded 38 times among girls since 1976, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2002.
- 38 total births
- 1976–2002 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 39% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mickela's 38 recorded births place it above 47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mickela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mickela's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 61% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 39%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1976, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mickela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2002
- Peak year (2001)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Mickela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Mickela's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Mickela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 15 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Mickela's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (15 total births) through the 2000s (13) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1976–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mickela: Baby Name Since 1976 - 38 Births, Peak 2001." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mickela. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Mickela 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 July 2026.