Mikaela — #970 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Mikaela

The Social Security Administration has registered 20,475 babies named Mikaela between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mikaela currently holds the #970 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 1,071 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mikaela performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 6,905 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Mikaela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,287 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Mikaela in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mikaela 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 20,475 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.