Mikaela

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Mikaela: Recorded since 1988, it reached #90 in 1994, and it stood at #469 in 2024.

6registrars recorded it
62times a registrar ranked it
37years from first to last
#90highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#643
1997	#1074
1998	#925
1999	#952
2000	#1313
2001	#1728
2002	#1104
2003	#1383
2004	#1158
2005	#1295
2006	#1031
2007	#1234
2008	#1447
2009	#1909
2010	#1584
2011	#1489
2012	#1720
2013	#2313
2014	#1367
2015	#1961
2016	#1370
2017	#2090
2018	#2090
2019	#1782
2020	#1507
2021	#1224
2022	#1685
2023	#1959
2024	#1894

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 Republic of Ireland in 26 of the 36 years from 1988 to 2023.

In 2024: #469 among girls in Norway, #1894 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1988–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1988
First recorded at #492 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1988 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1994–1997
Highest recorded position: #90 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1994 (recorded 1994–1997).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1894 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Mikaela appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 539 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1988.

Mikaela across 4 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.

Mikaela'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#492 (1988)	#270 (1998)	#856 (2023)	26 of 36	155 (1988–2023)	11 (1996)
England and Wales · Girls	#643 (1996)	#643 (1996)	#1894 (2024)	29 of 29	539 (1996–2024)	37 (1996)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#90 (1994)	#90 (1994)	#98 (1997)	3 of 4	270 (1994–1997)	97 (1994)
Norway · Girls	#424 (2023)	#424 (2023)	#469 (2024)	2 of 2	12 (2023–2024)	7 (2023)

Mikaela 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 Mikaela in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	100	4 of 10	25
2000s	177	10 of 10	18
2010s	169	10 of 10	17
2020sbusiest	93	5 of 10	19

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 19 births a year.

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

Mikaela 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 6 regions, from 1988 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #90 in New South Wales, Australia in 1994.

Mikaela'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	#1894	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1959	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1685	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1224	27	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1507	20	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1782	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1370	24	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1961	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1367	23	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2313	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1720	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1489	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1584	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1909	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1447	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1234	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1031	27	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1295	18	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1158	20	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1383	15	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1104	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1313	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#952	22	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#925	23	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1074	18	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#643	37	High	Verified
1997	New South Wales, Australia	female	#98	82	Insufficient	Not yet available
1995	New South Wales, Australia	female	#93	91	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New South Wales, Australia	female	#90	97	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New Zealand	female	#99	48	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#351	3	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#469	5	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#424	7	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#560	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#593	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	8	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#597	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#424	7	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	9	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#374	7	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#441	5	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#465	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	8	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#270	9	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	11	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#279	11	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#350	7	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	6	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 6 registrars between 1988 and 2024, ranked in 34 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #90, first reached in 1994.

It held a top-100 place in 4 years, 4 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 97 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1994.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1994, and 35 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.

Mikaeel · #416, 25y
Mikael · #78, 67y
Mikah · #2483, 18y
Mikail · #296, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 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.

Athena · #93, 30y
Cleo · #82, 39y
Tiana · #77, 31y
Travis · #77, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

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

Viljar · #91, 37y
Fraser · #92, 30y
Kacper · #92, 36y
Nikki · #88, 34y

Mikaela was ranked #90 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 1994. 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.

Mikaela 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 Mikaela without appearing here.

Mikaela moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2090 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1782 and #5591.
Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2313 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1367 and #4684.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2090 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2090 and #4684.
Jordan Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1909 and #1837 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1584 and #4012.

Moved ahead of Mikaela

Ingrid Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1367 and #1628 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1961 and #1007.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1367 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1961 and #1240.
Ezra Compare
In 2016 they stood at #1370 and #1689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2090 and #1411.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2090 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2090 and #1436.

Moved the opposite way to Mikaela

Abigail Compare
Between 1988 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mikaela went from #492 to #856 while Abigail went from #359 to #84.
Alice Compare
Between 1988 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mikaela went from #492 to #856 while Alice went from #122 to #38.
Anna Compare
Between 1988 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mikaela went from #492 to #856 while Anna went from #69 to #23.
Annie Compare
Between 1988 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mikaela went from #492 to #856 while Annie went from #203 to #48.

Moved the same way as Mikaela

Alma Compare
Between 1988 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mikaela went from #492 to #856 and Alma from #280 to #625.
Aoife Compare
Between 1988 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mikaela went from #492 to #856 and Aoife from #10 to #31.
Audrey Compare
Between 1988 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mikaela went from #492 to #856 and Audrey from #116 to #856.
Diane Compare
Between 1988 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Mikaela went from #492 to #856 and Diane from #191 to #727.

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 6 regions, from 1988 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #90 in New South Wales, Australia in 1994. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mikaela

Mikaela at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mikaela across 4 official records

Mikaela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mikaela appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

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Mikaela and the names beside it

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Mikaela at a glance

Mikaela across 4 official records

Mikaela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mikaela 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 Mikaela

Mikaela and the names beside it

Mikaela moved ahead of

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