Michaella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mi-KAY-la
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,171 for girls
Michaella is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 4,171st for girls in the US (34 babies).
What does Michaella mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Michaela; feminine of Michael
“who is like God?”
Feminine of Michael, the archangel.
Meaning borrowed from Michaela. More on Wiktionary.
Is Michaella a girl's or a boy's name?
Michaella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 34 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Michaella in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Michaella, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Michaella in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 124 girls in the UK were given Michaella or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #384, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Michaella in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,614 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,280 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,290 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,493 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 15 | #1,333 |
| 1996 | 17 | #1,179 |
How popular is Michaella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,171st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 47,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the US were named Michaella, making it the 4,171st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 141 girls. It first appears in the records in 1941.
2025 had more girls named Michaella than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Michaella in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,020 girls in the US were given Michaella or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #328, up from #4,171 for this spelling alone.
Michaella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #4,171 |
| 2024 | 26 | #5,018 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,849 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 35 | #4,176 |
| 2013 | 34 | #4,241 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,599 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,243 |
| 2010 | 44 | #3,571 |
| 2009 | 30 | #4,804 |
| 2008 | 45 | #3,583 |
| 2007 | 45 | #3,600 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 36 | #3,938 |
| 2004 | 63 | #2,616 |
| 2003 | 58 | #2,704 |
| 2002 | 60 | #2,579 |
| 2001 | 68 | #2,327 |
| 2000 | 89 | #1,896 |
| 1999 | 81 | #1,937 |
| 1998 | 118 | #1,441 |
| 1997 | 141 | #1,259 |
| 1996 | 111 | #1,476 |
| 1995 | 138 | #1,232 |
| 1994 | 123 | #1,354 |
| 1993 | 84 | #1,749 |
| 1992 | 50 | #2,508 |
| 1991 | 42 | #2,784 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,073 |
| 1989 | 46 | #2,473 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 31 | #3,028 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,184 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,851 |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,328 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,739 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,686 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
Nicknames for Michaella
- Micky 10 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Michaella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica, Francesca, Mia, Abigail, Molly, Fatima, Hannah, Gabriella, Isabella, Emily, Jasmine, Alexandra
Other spellings of Michaella
Michaela, Mikayla, Mikaela, Mikeyla, Mikaella, Mickayla, Mikaylah, Mikhayla, Micheala
Names related to Michaella
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
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, “Michaella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/michaella, updated 20 October 2026.