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Mikaela

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Mikaela is ranked 970th among girls in 2024 (267 births). Its best rank was 273rd, in 1997.

Rank in 2024
#970down 151 from 2023
Births in 2024
2670.02% of girls
Peak year
19971,071 births
Best rank
#273in 1997
Since 1966
20,475people given the name
Babies named Mikaela, by year of birthgirls
05001k1.5k2k18801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

20,475 girls have been named Mikaela in the United States since 1966, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1997, with 1,071 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 576 → 970).

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2003, and the 1990s alone account for 34%. It has spent 36 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadegirls named Mikaela
1960s5
1970s172
1980s994
1990s6,905
2000s5,577
2010s5,069
2020s1,753

In 1997, its biggest year

Mikaela was the 273rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1997 were Emily, Jessica, Ashley, Sarah and Hannah. See all of 1997.

Names that rose and fell with Mikaela

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.