Machaela

Girl · recorded 1986–2012

  • 2012last recorded
  • 1997best year

Most popular in 1997.

Last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Machaela.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1986

0132519861993199920062012

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 23 recorded years as a table
Machaela, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19863
19873
19914
19924
19937
199411
199515
199615
199725
199816
199920
200015
200118
200216
200310
20049
200513
20066
20075
20085
20095
20105
20123

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Machaela isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2012
5
Rank in 2012
#16,869
How rare
1 in 352,210 girls
Since 1986
419

Machaela was last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1997, at 25 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Machaela doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.