Michala
Michala is a name with a single cultural origin: Czech.
- Czech
Meaning & Origin of Michala
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Michala is a name with a single cultural origin: Czech.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Czech
The Story of Michala
The earliest SSA record of Michala as a baby girl name dates back to 1970, when 6 babies received it. 1994 was its biggest year on record, with 144 newborns named Michala — #1,216 in the national rankings. About 57% of every Michala on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Michala last appeared in the published SSA data in 2015, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Michala
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Michala. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Míša
Names that sound like Michala
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About the name Michala
Michala is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Michala's peak popularity came in 1994 when it ranked #1,216. Use the chart and map above to compare Michala's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.