Girls' name · since 1995
Mikaelah
197 babies named Mikaelah in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 197
- total births
- 1995–2022
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 40%
- born in that decade
Mikaelah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 197 have been recorded since 1995.
Social Security Administration records show Mikaelah recorded 197 times among girls since 1995, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2022.
- 197 total births
- 1995–2022 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 40% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mikaelah's 197 recorded births place it above 72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mikaelah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mikaelah splits its recorded history at 2008: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mikaelah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2022
- Peak year (2005)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Mikaelah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Mikaelah's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Mikaelah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
36 births
- 2000s
2000s
79 births
- 2010s
2010s
70 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 79 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Mikaelah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (79 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.
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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, 1995–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mikaelah: Baby Name Since 1995 - 197 Births, Peak 2005." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mikaelah. 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 Mikaelah 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.