Micaela

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Micaela: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Micaela: Recorded every year since 1995, its highest recorded position is #417, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#417highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1914
1997	#1802
1998	#1979
1999	#1675
2000	#2416
2001	#2466
2002	#1372
2003	#2727
2004	#2802
2005	#2438
2006	#1585
2007	#3218
2008	#2487
2009	#2535
2010	#4012
2011	#2893
2012	#3285
2013	#4739
2014	#2659
2015	#1961
2016	#3214
2017	#3229
2018	#2901
2019	#3541
2020	#4535
2021	#3961
2022	#2673
2023	#2063
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 1998: #425 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1979 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1995–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1995
First recorded at #417 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1995 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1995–1998
Highest recorded position: #417 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1995 (recorded 1995–1998).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Micaela appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 230 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1995.

Micaela across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Micaela's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1914 (1996)	#1372 (2002)	#4843 (2024)	29 of 29	230 (1996–2024)	15 (2006)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#417 (1995)	#417 (1995)	#425 (1998)	3 of 4	14 (1995–1998)	5 (1995)

Micaela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Micaela in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	35	4 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	85	10 of 10	9
2010s	75	10 of 10	8
2020s	35	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Micaela appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1995 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #417 in Republic of Ireland in 1995.

Micaela's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2063	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2901	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1961	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2659	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1585	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1372	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1675	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1914	8	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#440	5	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1995 and 2024, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #417, first reached in 1995.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 1 year separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Mian · #1878, 23y
Mica · #396, 24y
Micah · #43, 30y
Micaiah · #1108, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Zaina · #416, 30y
Alecia · #419, 26y
Delphine · #419, 29y
Eshan · #419, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abu · #417, 29y
Taran · #417, 29y
Umair · #417, 29y
Annie-Rose · #418, 24y

Micaela was ranked #417 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1995. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Micaela and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Micaela without appearing here.

Micaela moved ahead of

Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4535 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2063 and #5687.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2659 and #5691.
Debra Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2466 and #2226 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1372 and #4137.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2901 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3541 and #5591.

Moved ahead of Micaela

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2063 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #1743.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1939.
Linnea Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2063 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #2411.
Mila Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1372 and #1442 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #2727 and #799.

Moved the opposite way to Micaela

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Micaela went from #1914 to #4843 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Micaela went from #1914 to #4843 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Micaela went from #1914 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Micaela went from #1914 to #4843 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Micaela

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Micaela went from #1914 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Micaela went from #1914 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Micaela went from #1914 to #4843 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Micaela went from #1914 to #4843 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1995 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #417 in Republic of Ireland in 1995. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Micaela

Micaela at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Micaela across 2 official records

Micaela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Micaela appears in

Popularity data

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Micaela at a glance

Micaela across 2 official records

Micaela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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