Micaela

Meaning: Who is like God?
Origin: Variant of Michaela (from Hebrew)

Girl's name · #1286 in the US (2025) · 90s wave

Popularity over time

Micaela's best rank, #439, came in 1995; it has settled back to #1286 today. Roughly 15,000 girls have been named Micaela since 1895.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 14 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#164 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #337 in Mexico (2024) · #384 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,670 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,947 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,009 in France (2025) · #2,619 in Canada (2024).

Famous Micaelas

Micaela Ramazzotti — Italian actress
Micaela Bastidas — Martyr of Peruvian independence
Micaela Schäfer — German nude model and TV personality
Micaela Villegas (La Perricholi) — Peruvian actress
Micaela Vázquez — Argentine actress, singer and model

In stories & tradition

Micaëla — Carmen (musical stage work)

What Micaelas become

Among 211 notable people named Micaela:

Entertainers appear 1.65× more often than among typical names — e.g. Micaela Ramazzotti, Italian actress.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Mikaela (#1037), Micaela would rank around #682 with about 420 births last year — the newborns split about 58/42 between Mikaela and Micaela.

Similar names: Mikaela · Rebeca · Mika · Graciela · Mariela · Isabela

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