Michala
Last seen for girls in 2015 at #14,482
- Peak · girls
- 1994 · 144 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,545since 1970
Michala over time
Rank among girls' names. Michala has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 |
| 2007 | #5,377 | 26 |
| 2006 | #5,545 | 24 |
| 2005 | #3,942 | 36 |
| 2004 | #3,748 | 38 |
| 2003 | #3,655 | 38 |
| 2002 | #2,642 | 58 |
| 2001 | #2,151 | 76 |
| 2000 | #2,190 | 72 |
| 1999 | #1,715 | 95 |
| 1998 | #1,330 | 132 |
| 1997 | #1,273 | 138 |
| 1996 | #1,375 | 122 |
| 1995 | #1,381 | 119 |
| 1994 | #1,217 | 144 |
| 1993 | #2,217 | 59 |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 |
| 1991 | #3,817 | 27 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 |
| 1989 | #3,104 | 34 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 |
| 1985 | #4,282 | 18 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 |
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| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 |
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| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Michala! It came in at #7,070, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1972–1975, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Michala is popular in 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Missouri#588 · 1 in 4,221
- Minnesota#615 · 1 in 4,972
- North Carolina#666 · 1 in 4,919
- Indiana#677 · 1 in 5,482
- Michigan#848 · 1 in 7,435
Best ever in a state: #316 in Nebraska, 1981.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Missouri | #588 | 7 | 1 in 4,221 |
| Minnesota | #615 | 5 | 1 in 4,972 |
| North Carolina | #666 | 8 | 1 in 4,919 |
| Indiana | #677 | 6 | 1 in 5,482 |
| Michigan | #848 | 7 | 1 in 7,435 |
| Ohio | #1,003 | 6 | 1 in 10,354 |
| Texas | #1,155 | 14 | 1 in 9,968 |
| California | #2,260 | 8 | 1 in 28,723 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Michala
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
- Debuted 1970
- Peaked 1994 at #1,217 (144 births)
- Births halved by 2000, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 12,401 girls born in 1994 were named Michala (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 297,516 girls born in 2015 (0.00%)
- 56.7% of all girls named Michala (876) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 42 | #4,810 (1971) | #6,611 |
| 1980s | 164 | #3,104 (1989) | #4,894 |
| 1990s | 876 | #1,217 (1994) | #2,391 |
| 2000s | 403 | #2,151 (2001) | #4,427 |
| 2010s | 60 | #6,576 (2012) | #10,281 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Michala in 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 14,369 of them was named Michala, which outranked 91.3% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,368Keyonna123
- #1,368Kristan123
- #1,368Linnea123
- #1,375Michala122
- #1,375Anya122
- #1,375Brigitte122
- #1,375Farrah122
- #1,384Acacia121
- #1,384Aylin121
- #1,384Davina121
Tied with 8 names at #1,375; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.