Micaella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mih-KAY-la
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Micaella is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Micaella mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Micaela; 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).
Meaning borrowed from Micaela.
Is Micaella a girl's or a boy's name?
Micaella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Micaella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Micaella, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1985.
2025 had more girls named Micaella than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Micaella in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 192 girls in the US were given Micaella or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,083, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
Micaella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
Nicknames for Micaella
- Kayla 133 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Micaella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Isabella, Eliza, Eliana, Ivanna, Gianna, Makayla, Camila, Mckenna, Ava, Elianna, Mikayla, Mariah
Other spellings of Micaella
Names related to Micaella
Michelle, Michaela, Mikaela, Michal, Michel, Michaella, Mikaella
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
Sources
Figures from 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, “Micaella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/micaella, updated 20 October 2026.