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“Variant of Michaela — Who is like God?” — Hebrew origin
Girl's name · #1037 in the US (2025) · 90s
Mikaela's best rank, #273, came in 1997; it has settled back to #1037 today. Roughly 21,000 girls have been named Mikaela since 1966. Together with its spelling variant Micaela (#1286), Mikaela would rank around #682 with about 420 births last year — the newborns split about 58/42 between Mikaela and Micaela.
Around the world: #22 in Puerto Rico (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 19 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 128 notable people named Mikaela:
Sports figures appear 2.27× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mikaela Shiffrin, American alpine skier (born 1995).
Similar names: Michaela · Lizbeth · Mika · Estrella · Moriah · Isabela
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