# Micaela (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/micaela/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 14,983 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6 / 14,977 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 239, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 213 | 1,154 |
| 2012 | 244 | 1,037 |
| 2013 | 187 | 1,270 |
| 2014 | 236 | 1,086 |
| 2015 | 223 | 1,137 |
| 2016 | 247 | 1,060 |
| 2017 | 240 | 1,067 |
| 2018 | 213 | 1,146 |
| 2019 | 249 | 1,034 |
| 2020 | 232 | 1,069 |
| 2021 | 233 | 1,078 |
| 2022 | 229 | 1,093 |
| 2023 | 237 | 1,059 |
| 2024 | 217 | 1,118 |
| 2025 | 174 | 1,286 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 6 | 6,670 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,659 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,961 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 4 | 4,535 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 13 | 2,063 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,788 |

## People named Micaela

- Micaela Schäfer, German nude model and TV personality
- Micaela Vázquez, Argentine actress, singer and model
- Micaela Retegui, Argentine field hockey player
- Micaela Cousiño, French Royal (1938–2022)
- Micaela Diamond, American actor and singer
- Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal, Austrian and Portuguese royal (1855–1944)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.