Feminine dossier · first seen 1966

Mikaela

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Mikaela
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1997

Peak era

1997

Peak rank proxy

1,071

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1966Peak 19972024

Peak year

1997

Decline from peak

75.1%

2024

267

All-time

20,475

Mikaela is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1997, when 1,071 girls were named Mikaela.

In 2024, only 267 girls were given the name.

Down 75.1% from its peak.

All told, about 20,475 Americans have been named Mikaela and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1966.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1997

19971,071 girls named Mikaela

2024267 girls named Mikaela

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