Michaela vs Michaeline
American parents have registered 53,702 Michaelas since 1880, against 936 Michaelines. Michaela is still ahead, with 323 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Michaela Michaeline
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 109 years in which either name was published, Michaela for 84 years and Michaeline for 25 years. The lead changed hands 9 times.
- 1913–1934 Michaeline ahead
- 1935 Michaela ahead
- 1936–1938 Michaeline ahead
- 1939 Michaela ahead
- 1940 Michaeline ahead
- 1941–1942 Michaela ahead
- 1943–1944 Michaeline ahead
- 1945–1946 Michaela ahead
- 1947 Michaeline ahead
- 1948–2025 Michaela ahead
Side by side
| Michaela | Michaeline | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 53,702 | 936 |
| Most in one year | 3,405 | 43 |
| Babies in 2025 | 323 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 52,000 | 580 |
| Median age today | 27 | 70 |
| Peak year | 1997 | 1947 |
| Best rank | 100th girls | 1,413th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 841st | unranked |
| First recorded | 1921 | 1913 |
| Girls / boys | 53,633 / 69 | 936 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Michaelines alive today are over 70; half the Michaelas are over 27. That is 43 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Michaela Rhode Island (4.1×), Nebraska (3.3×), Massachusetts (1.8×)
- Michaeline Illinois (7.4×), Pennsylvania (5.5×), Michigan (5.3×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Michaela and Michaeline.