Michaella

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Michaella: Recorded since 1989, it reached #380 in 1998, and it stood at #5,669 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
41times a registrar ranked it
34years from first to last
#380highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1296
1997	#1450
1998	#1571
1999	#1675
2000	#1313
2001	#2226
2002	#1530
2003	#2191
2004	#2112
2005	#3382
2006	#2509
2007	#1656
2008	#3397
2009	#3031
2010	#4688
2011	#3185
2012	#4171
2013	#2176
2014	#4003
2015	#4103
2016	#4096
2017	#2201
2018	#3985
2020	#4535
2021	#3961
2022	#5669

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 26 of the 27 years from 1996 to 2022.

In 2014: #876 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4003 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1989–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1989
First recorded at #445 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1989 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1989–2014
Highest recorded position: #380 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1998 (recorded 1989–2014).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #5669 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Girls

Michaella appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 26 ranked years and 210 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1989.

Michaella 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.

Michaella'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	#1296 (1996)	#1296 (1996)	#5669 (2022)	26 of 27	210 (1996–2022)	15 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#445 (1989)	#380 (1998)	#876 (2014)	15 of 26	61 (1989–2014)	6 (2004)

Michaella 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 Michaella in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	47	4 of 10	12
2000sbusiest	91	10 of 10	9
2010s	60	9 of 10	7
2020s	12	3 of 10	4

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 →

Michaella 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 1989 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #380 in Republic of Ireland in 1998.

Michaella'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
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4103	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2176	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1656	15	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2112	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1313	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1675	10	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1571	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1450	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1296	14	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#624	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	5	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#451	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	4	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 1989 and 2022, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #380, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 7 years 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.

Michael-Junior · #3004, 10y
Michaela · #40, 57y
Michal · #58, 63y
Michalina · #309, 19y

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.

Agatha · #380, 33y
Elysia · #380, 29y
Estella · #380, 30y
Rosina · #380, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Labhaoise · #380, 12y
Shireen · #380, 26y
Stefanie · #386, 33y
Annemarie · #389, 24y

Michaella was ranked #380 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1998. 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.

Michaella 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 Michaella without appearing here.

Michaella moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4103 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2201 and #5765.
Vicki Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2226 and #2023 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1530 and #3409.
Kerry Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4096 and #3609 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2201 and #4063.
Kirsten Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3985 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Michaella

Francis Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3961 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #2488.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #1436.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2176 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4003 and #1628.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #1711.

Moved the opposite way to Michaella

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Michaella went from #1296 to #5669 while Ada went from #2683 to #36.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Michaella went from #1296 to #5669 while Alma went from #2096 to #279.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Michaella went from #1296 to #5669 while Alyssa went from #783 to #224.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Michaella went from #1296 to #5669 while Amalie went from #2096 to #940.

Moved the same way as Michaella

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Michaella went from #1296 to #5669 and Abigail from #21 to #128.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Michaella went from #1296 to #5669 and Aimee from #70 to #1326.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Michaella went from #1296 to #5669 and Aisling from #440 to #1621.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Michaella went from #1296 to #5669 and Alex from #161 to #2178.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1989 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #380 in Republic of Ireland in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Michaella

Michaella at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Michaella across 2 official records

Michaella by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Michaella appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

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Michaella at a glance

Michaella across 2 official records

Michaella by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Michaella appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Michaella

Michaella and the names beside it

Michaella moved ahead of

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