Mihaela — #16383 US girls' name
92 babies named Mihaela in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 7% of names given to girls today.
52% of everyone ever named Mihaela was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Mihaela in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mihaela
The Social Security Administration has registered 92 babies named Mihaela between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mihaela currently holds the #16383 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mihaela performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Mihaela shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mihaela 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 92 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.
Mihaela at a glance
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Current rank
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Mihaela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2003
- Peak year (2020)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
Currently ranks #16383 among girls.
92 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 10 births in a single year.
Mihaela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 48 births that decade — 52% of Mihaela's all-time total
Mihaela decade highlights
- Peak decade 48 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Mihaela's strongest decade
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2003–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.