Girls' name · peaked in 1997
Mikaela name popularity since 1925
20,719 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Mikaela. Half of them were born in 2003 or earlier, so the typical Mikaela is about 23 years old in 2026. Mikaela peaked in 1997 as the #273 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 20,719
- Named Mikaela, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,037 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 20,719 girls · 0 boys
- Most popular in
- Arizona
- 2.36× its national share
Peak year is the year Mikaela made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Mikaela births per year, 1925–2025
1997 was the biggest year for Mikaela both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1992 and 1997, Mikaela became 4.5× more common, from 1 in 7,290 baby girls to 1 in 1,630.
- Steepest fall: Between 1998 and 2003, its share of baby girls fell by 51%, from 1 in 1,730 to 1 in 3,560.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Mikaela's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Mikaela.
Decade by decade
Babies named Mikaela in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 5 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 172 | #4,288 |
| 1980s | 994 | #1,088 |
| 1990s | 6,905 | #324 |
| 2000s | 5,577 | #568 |
| 2010s | 5,070 | #604 |
| 2020–25 | 1,996 | #1,037 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
50.3% of babies named Mikaela from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Mikaela is most popular
The index compares Mikaela's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Mikaela.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 2.36× | 573 |
| Colorado | 1.90× | 438 |
| Florida | 1.84× | 1,242 |
| Washington | 1.81× | 568 |
| California | 1.68× | 3,337 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Mikaela and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Mikaela (this page) | 20,719 | 1997 |
| Mikayla | 56,713 | 1998 |
| Micaela | 14,612 | 1995 |
| Mikala | 4,008 | 1995 |
| Mikaila | 2,390 | 2001 |
| Mykaela | 1,116 | 1998 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Mikaela's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Mikaela.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Mikaela (1997).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data