Mikaela

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

Girl's name · #1037 in the US (2025) · 90s wave

Popularity over time

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.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 19 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#22 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #406 in Sweden (2025) · #485 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,260 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,013 in France (2025) · #486 in Canada (2024).

Famous Mikaelas

Mikaela Shiffrin — American alpine skier (born 1995)
Mikaela Hoover — American actress
Mikaela Loach — Youth environmental justice activist
Mikaela Ingberg — Athletics competitor
Mikaela Mayer — American boxer

In stories & tradition

Mikaela Banes — Transformers (film)
Mikaela Öhman — Berts bryderier (book)

What Mikaelas become

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).

Spellings & nicknames

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.

Similar names: Michaela · Lizbeth · Mika · Estrella · Moriah · Isabela

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