first name
MICAELA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 18,047 people named Micaela, 63.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 26.9% as White and 4.7% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Micaela peaked in 1995, when 585 babies got the name.
At least 14,983 babies have been given the name since 1895. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Micaela by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #1,043. The largest share of babies named Micaela, 36.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Micaela is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Micaela has been most common in Texas (2.9×), Arizona (2.6×), and California (2.2×), and least common in Kentucky (0.15×).
11,884 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Micaela, most common first.
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