Miguela

Girls' name

English equivalent of Michaela

Miguela has been given to 19 babies in the U.S. since 1923. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1923, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Miguela, 1989

1 in 768,000

Miguela over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Miguela: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Michaela

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Miguela means

Miguela is a English equivalent of Michaela.

Origin, language, and formation

Miguela is used in Spanish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Michaela.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Miguela is pronounced /miˈɡela/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 19 girls were recorded with the name Miguela between 1923 and 1989. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1923; its best national rank was #3,555 in 1923.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Miguela?

Miguela had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1989, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1989: 1 in 768,000; 5 of 3,842,268 births
Among girls only: 1 in 368,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1989: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 532,653 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Miguela sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1989 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 532,653 children born in 1989 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Miguela. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Miguelas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Miguela was born before 1987 — so the typical Miguela is around 38 today.

Median birth year: 1987; About 38 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 52.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 52.6%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 10; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 52.6% of all recorded uses (10).

Is Miguela rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1923 (9)
Years since peak: 102; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #3,555; 1923

Spellings of Miguela

Miguela is not the most common spelling — Mikaela is, with 40.8% against Miguela's 0.04%.

Mikaela40.8%20,719
Micaela29.5%14,977
Manuela21.7%11,033
Michela4.4%2,217
Miguel2.0%996
Mikela1.6%797
Miguela0.04%19

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Miguela around the world

Where Miguela ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
2006–2006
#5,335
in 2006

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Miguela by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,555; 1923
Peak year: 1923; 9 that year
First recorded: 1923
Last recorded: 1989
All-time count: 19
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Miguela

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Ismaela Auriela Azriela Marciela Mccaela Arisela Maquela Lionela Jakaela Zuriela Angiela Adriela Nicaela Masiela Imela Shikela Vennela Migna Shykela Jissela Jamiela Zarela Amiela Mikiela

Sibling names for Miguela

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Filomena Novella Aletha Dorcas Vernice Albertha Bethel Rosina

For a brother

Elwin Rubin Bertram Alvis Eldridge Trinidad Hobert Harland

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