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Micaela

Gender
Girl
Say it
mih-KAY-la
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#2,856 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,285 for girls

Micaela is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 1,285th for girls in the US (174 babies).

What does Micaela mean?

Hebrew: Spanish, Italian and Portuguese feminine of Michael

“who is like God?”

Micaela is the village girl who loves Don José in Bizet's opera Carmen (1875).

Is Micaela a girl's or a boy's name?

Micaela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 174 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Micaela in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,856among girls
Babies in 2025
9about 1 in 31,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 37% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Micaela, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 16 girls.

Half of all the girls named Micaela in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 16 in 20062025
Micaela in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20259#2,856
20244#4,907
202313#2,185
202210#2,615
20216#3,697
20204#4,744
20197#3,340
20188#3,068
20177#3,395
20167#3,389
201514#2,085
20149#2,809
20135#4,267
20127#3,471
20118#3,041
20105#4,220
200910#2,478
20089#2,663
20076#3,396
200616#1,614
20059#2,360
20047#2,669
20036#2,877
200214#1,475
20018#2,150
20008#2,097
199911#1,653
19988#2,110
199710#1,780
19968#2,012

How popular is Micaela in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,285among girls
Babies in 2025
174about 1 in 9,200 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 10% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 174 girls in the US were named Micaela, making it the 1,285th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,067th. Its busiest year was 1995, with 585 girls. It first appears in the records in 1895.

2025 had fewer girls named Micaela than any year since 1984.

Half of all the girls named Micaela in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 192 girls in the US were given Micaela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,083, up from #1,285 for this spelling alone.

1895Busiest: 585 in 19952025
Micaela in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025174#1,285
2024217#1,118
2023237#1,055
2022229#1,089
2021233#1,075
2020232#1,067
2019249#1,029
2018213#1,145
2017240#1,067
2016247#1,055
2015223#1,135
2014236#1,085
2013187#1,267
2012244#1,037
2011213#1,150
2010268#955
2009233#1,091
2008278#962
2007263#1,003
2006273#956
2005298#847
2004310#811
2003343#743
2002321#752
2001370#675
2000417#608
1999482#525
1998557#463
1997542#463
1996555#451
1995585#439
1994540#468
1993345#646
1992254#792
1991254#802
1990245#810
1989204#898
1988202#872
1987190#888
1986178#906
1985365#545
1984120#1,137
1983105#1,212
1982110#1,213
1981105#1,239
198096#1,318
197993#1,332
197866#1,614
197770#1,538
197673#1,433
197557#1,672
197459#1,598
197344#1,885
197253#1,674
197137#2,175
197034#2,267
196935#2,134
196828#2,296
196726#2,376
196634#1,982
196521#2,683
196432#2,108
196321#2,703
196223#2,538
196122#2,607
196020#2,728
195935#1,880
195823#2,375
195724#2,275
195625#2,193
195534#1,802
195430#1,908
195333#1,737
195228#1,891
195125#1,967
195032#1,652
194925#1,916
194844#1,385
194738#1,524
194629#1,646
194523#1,742
194420#1,915
194320#1,948
194224#1,705
194134#1,310
194024#1,591
193921#1,684
193819#1,805
193727#1,416
193623#1,549
193526#1,449
193420#1,697
193319#1,773
193219#1,816
193125#1,501
193034#1,289
192940#1,174
192834#1,309
192738#1,278
192628#1,540
192539#1,252
192446#1,151
192327#1,598
192226#1,646
192130#1,514
192035#1,312
191927#1,527
191824#1,645
191719#1,847
191616#2,028
191517#1,882
191413#1,896
191317#1,405
191213#1,540
19117#1,956
19107#1,935
19099#1,471
19080–
19075#2,060
19068#1,416
19050–
19047#1,485
19030–
19020–
19010–
19005#1,931
18990–
18980–
18970–
18960–
18957#1,299

Nicknames for Micaela

Names like Micaela

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Jessica Francesca Mia Fatima Molly Athena Michaela Isabella Abigail Ava Gabriella Eliana

Other spellings of Micaela

Micaella Mikaila

Names related to Micaela

Michal Mikaela Michele Michaella Mikaella Michella Michela Michel

More Hebrew names

Noah Elijah James Jack Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie Levi

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Micaela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/micaela, updated 20 October 2026.