Name meaning & stats
Michaela
Michaela means “who is like God?” (Hebrew origin). 53,627 US babies since 1940, peak 1997.
What it means
“who is like God?”
HebrewFeminine form of Michael
In US birth records
Peak year: 1997
53,627 US babies were named Michaela between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Michaela (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 83% of the family
- Michaela 83%
- Michaella 4%
- Michela 3%
- Michala 2%
- Micheala 2%
- Michayla 2%
- Michella 2%
- Mychaela 1%
- Michaila <1%
- Michaelah <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1997)