Michaela
Top 1000
About Michaela
This most proper form of the name shot up the charts in the nineties, only to sink just as precipitously, supplanted by upstarts Makayla and McKayla ad infinitum. The Michaela version retains some elegance as the closest feminine form to the original.
Pronounced mi-KAY-la.
As of October 2026, Michaela ranked #843 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #100 in 1997.
Editor's take: The name Michaela is a girl's name meaning "who is like God?".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #478 | 663 | 371.1 |
| 2015 | #496 | 647 | 362.4 |
| 2016 | #472 | 674 | 380.4 |
| 2017 | #517 | 608 | 352.2 |
| 2018 | #532 | 591 | 347.4 |
| 2019 | #614 | 492 | 293.1 |
| 2020 | #647 | 446 | 275.9 |
| 2021 | #581 | 522 | 318.1 |
| 2022 | #578 | 516 | 314.6 |
| 2023 | #637 | 459 | 286.1 |
| 2024 | #743 | 378 | 233.3 |
| 2025 | #843 | 323 | 201 |
World rankings
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Michaela on lists
Famous Michaelas
- Michaela Maria Madeleine Kiliana Habsburg
Lothringen, Imperial Princess and Archduchess of Austria, Royal Princess of Hungary; twin sister of Monika von Habsburg
- Michaela Denis
British wildlife documentary film,maker and presenter
- Michaela Conlin
American actress
- Michaela McManus
American actress
- Michaela Suzanne Watkins
American actress
- Michaela Teresa Murphy Odone
American researcher of ALD; inspiration for film "Lorenzo's Oil"
- Michaela Dorfmeister
Austrian skier
- Michaela DePrince
Sierra Leonean,American ballet dancer
- Maria Susanna Michaela Dornonville de la Cour
Swedish singer of group Army of Lovers
- Michaela Pereira
American news anchor
- Michaela Paštiková
Czech actress
- Michaela Schaffrath
German actress
- Michaela Savić
Miss Universe Sweden 2010
- Michaela Angela Davis
American journalist
- Michaela Evelyn Ann Strachan
English TV presenter
- Michaela Bercu
Romanian,Israeli model
- Michael Christian "Michaela" (Bates) Keilen
2nd child of reality TV's Bates family
- Michaela "Mica" Burton (b. 1994)
daughter of actor LeVar Burton
- Michaela Zee (b. 2000)
daughter of actress Ming,Na Wen and Eric Michael Zee
- Anna Michaela Ebba Electra von Hausswolff
Swedish singer, pianist, organist and songwriter.
Michaela in pop culture
- Michaela "Mike" Quinn
main character on TV series "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman"
- Michaela Claudette Mariangela Louise McQueen
character on British soap "Hollyoaks"
- Michaela
friend of Clarith and Maiden of Green in the Evillious Chronicles
- Michaela Pratt
character on TV's "How to Get Away with Murder"
Variations & nicknames
- MikaHungarian
- MahailGreek
- MahailaGreek
- MichalinaPolish
- MichalaPolish
- MichèleFrench
- MiguelinaSpanish
- MiciHungarian
- MichailyaRussian
- MihályaHungarian
- MishaRussian
- MichlaIsraeli
- MikhailyaRussian
- MikeleScandinavian
- MiguelaSpanish
- MishenkaRussian
- MiguelitaSpanish
- MichaIsraeli
- MichelineFrench
- MahaliaGreek
- MichelleFrench
- MikaelaScandinavian
- MichielleDutch
- MicheleItalian
- MicaelaItalian