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Mikhaila

Feminine · Hebrew roots · “who is like God? (as Michaela)”

1984high 1996
Rare todaygiven to only a few children a year
rare

Mikhaila is Michaela written with the kh that English uses for Russian names, as in Mikhail. In Russian itself, though, Mikhaila is not a woman's name at all: it is the form Mikhail takes in the grammar of 'of Mikhail'.

How old is the name Mikhaila?

Mikhaila first appears in US birth records in 1984 — 41 years ago. The typical Mikhaila alive today was born around 2000, making them about 25 years old. About 500 people named Mikhaila are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Mikhaila most popular?

Mikhaila peaked in 1996, reaching #3302 nationally. See the whole 1996 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Mikhaila

Russian nouns change their endings by grammatical case, and the name Mikhail is no exception: 'of Mikhail' is Mikhaila, and a church dedicated to the archangel is a church of Mikhaila Arkhangela. Russian has no common feminine of the name; a woman carries it in the usual Russian way, as a patronymic, Mikhailovna, 'daughter of Mikhail'. The English spelling Mikhaila borrows a Russian look for a name Russian itself uses differently, and in English it reads simply as Michaela with a transliterated middle.

Meaning

who is like God? (as Michaela)

Mikhaila is a spelling of Michaela, the feminine of Michael, from the Hebrew Mikha'el, 'Who is like God?'. The kh follows the English transliteration of the Russian Mikhail.

How the name formed

  1. Mikha'elHebrew
  2. MikhailRussian
  3. Michaela
  4. Mikhaila

Related forms: Mikhail · Michaela

Pronouncing Mikhaila

mih-KAY-luh

Said like Michaela. The kh is read as a plain k in English; in Russian it would be the throaty sound at the end of Bach.

Nicknames for Mikhaila

Moderate

MishaThe Russian short form of Mikhail, used for boys there
KaylaThe end of the name, and a given name of its own
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1984–20253518035819842024

US babies named Mikhaila per year from 1984 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#33021980s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1984
Most girls named
199635 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#3302reached in 1996
Change vs 2023
0.0%8 in 2024, from 8
Mikhaila sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 1996, with 35 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Mikhaila in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Mikhail in Russian — related form
  • Michaela in German — related form

Mikhailas among us

500

people named Mikhaila are estimated to be alive in the US today

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

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Is it right for you

Fashion outlook

Mikhaila sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.

Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Sounds like Michaela, so it is understood at once when spoken.
  • Rests on Michael, a name shared by Hebrew, Greek, Latin and Slavic traditions.
  • Takes Misha and Kayla as short forms.
What to consider
  • Most people will write Michaela; the kh needs spelling out every time.
  • A Russian speaker will read it as the grammatical 'of Mikhail' rather than as a woman's name, a small curiosity rather than a problem.

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Frequently asked

How many Mikhailas are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Mikhaila are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Mikhaila in 2025?
Mikhaila is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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Mikhaila will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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