girls:
14.6k births since 1895
#1273 (78th percentile)
boys:
6 births since 1987
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
14.6k births since 1895
#2173 (72nd percentile)
The name Micaela is the #2,173 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 14,591 recorded births since 1895. This represents the 71.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 71.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,273 (77.7% percentile) for all time with 14,585 births since 1895. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1987.
Micaela first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1895 (1895 for girls and 1987 for boys). Birth data for Micaela is available in 120 out of the 129 years between 1895 and 2023 (120 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Micaela has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 100.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Micaela reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 53.5% percentile (ranked #395) with 304 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 304 births per million (ranked 53.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Micaela ranks #717 for girls (24.3% percentile) with 135 births per million, which is 44.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Micaela reached its peak popularity in 1987, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #712) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1987, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1987.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Micaela".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Micaela. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 59.5% confident that Micaela is pronounced as mih-KAY-luh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mee-KAY-luh, at 18.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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