girls:
20.2k births since 1966
#1026 (82nd percentile)
overall:
20.2k births since 1966
#1803 (77th percentile)
The name Mikaela is the #1,803 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 20,204 recorded births since 1966. This represents the 76.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 76.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,026 (82.1% percentile) for all time with 20,204 births since 1966.
Mikaela first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1966 (first recorded for girls in 1966). Birth data for Mikaela is available in 55 out of the 58 years between 1966 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Mikaela reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 69.7% percentile (ranked #262) with 561 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 561 births per million (ranked 69.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Mikaela ranks #628 for girls (33.7% percentile) with 193 births per million, which is 34.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mikaela".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Mikaela", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 133 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Makayla" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Makayla..
Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Mikaela. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.3% confident that Mikaela is pronounced as mih-KAY-luh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mee-KAY-luh, at 14.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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