Micah
Micah was given to 3,817 boys in 2025, #90 among boys’ names; 133,606 Americans have been recorded with it since 1946 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 130,000 Americans named Micah and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (98% of everyone recorded); the median is 17 years old and half are between 9 and 29.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Micah by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Micah mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Micah is “a male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin. Used since the 17th century.” Its etymology gives the sense “who is like Yahweh” (מִיכַיְהוּ).
Also “a female given name from Hebrew, of modern American usage.”
From Hebrew מִיכָה (mīḵāh), shortened form of מִיכַיְהוּ (mīḵāyᵊhū, “who is like Yahweh”).
/ˈmaɪkə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Micah?
#90 among boys’ names, 2025
Micah rose from #105 in 2015 to #90 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 2.0 to 2.2 per 1,000.
4,246 babies in 2024, the peak
Micah peaked in 2024, when 4,246 babies were given it (3,924 boys, #86 among boys’ names). The 4,108 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 97% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 291 | #909 | 3,817 | #90 |
| 2024 | 322 | #840 | 3,924 | #86 |
| 2023 | 251 | #1,010 | 3,897 | #87 |
| 2022 | 217 | #1,130 | 3,969 | #89 |
| 2021 | 268 | #970 | 3,630 | #107 |
| 2020 | 238 | #1,052 | 3,414 | #106 |
| 2019 | 281 | #941 | 3,509 | #109 |
| 2018 | 272 | #973 | 3,780 | #103 |
| 2017 | 268 | #977 | 3,711 | #107 |
| 2016 | 281 | #964 | 3,498 | #115 |
Every recorded year (79)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 334 | #841 | 3,767 | #105 |
| 2014 | 270 | #990 | 3,666 | #109 |
| 2013 | 294 | #878 | 3,700 | #105 |
| 2012 | 307 | #870 | 3,765 | #103 |
| 2011 | 288 | #909 | 3,772 | #102 |
| 2010 | 319 | #843 | 3,571 | #108 |
| 2009 | 348 | #813 | 3,541 | #118 |
| 2008 | 313 | #889 | 3,528 | #121 |
| 2007 | 379 | #768 | 3,307 | #126 |
| 2006 | 401 | #712 | 2,841 | #145 |
| 2005 | 295 | #857 | 2,714 | #150 |
| 2004 | 344 | #759 | 2,489 | #161 |
| 2003 | 371 | #706 | 2,286 | #173 |
| 2002 | 397 | #641 | 2,224 | #173 |
| 2001 | 399 | #629 | 2,113 | #178 |
| 2000 | 393 | #636 | 1,975 | #186 |
| 1999 | 421 | #586 | 1,739 | #195 |
| 1998 | 415 | #582 | 1,692 | #199 |
| 1997 | 369 | #613 | 1,570 | #202 |
| 1996 | 359 | #627 | 1,478 | #210 |
| 1995 | 348 | #629 | 1,392 | #212 |
| 1994 | 289 | #717 | 1,169 | #246 |
| 1993 | 278 | #746 | 1,203 | #240 |
| 1992 | 270 | #767 | 1,195 | #242 |
| 1991 | 252 | #813 | 1,136 | #245 |
| 1990 | 212 | #906 | 1,180 | #238 |
| 1989 | 179 | #972 | 1,118 | #237 |
| 1988 | 210 | #855 | 1,114 | #224 |
| 1987 | 189 | #892 | 1,064 | #224 |
| 1986 | 184 | #894 | 1,101 | #217 |
| 1985 | 166 | #943 | 1,147 | #208 |
| 1984 | 175 | #872 | 1,113 | #207 |
| 1983 | 162 | #924 | 1,038 | #220 |
| 1982 | 153 | #969 | 1,123 | #216 |
| 1981 | 165 | #910 | 1,165 | #213 |
| 1980 | 133 | #1,067 | 1,048 | #228 |
| 1979 | 134 | #1,044 | 1,144 | #205 |
| 1978 | 146 | #957 | 1,006 | #215 |
| 1977 | 104 | #1,190 | 1,051 | #211 |
| 1976 | 98 | #1,170 | 900 | #226 |
| 1975 | 80 | #1,345 | 790 | #254 |
| 1974 | 81 | #1,321 | 694 | #272 |
| 1973 | 54 | #1,678 | 527 | #327 |
| 1972 | 40 | #2,013 | 373 | #407 |
| 1971 | 30 | #2,522 | 269 | #490 |
| 1970 | 25 | #2,832 | 225 | #539 |
| 1969 | 21 | #2,979 | 173 | #596 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,553 | 130 | #661 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,596 | 129 | #656 |
| 1966 | 17 | #3,116 | 108 | #717 |
| 1965 | 17 | #3,119 | 117 | #691 |
| 1964 | 12 | #4,031 | 96 | #773 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,960 | 95 | #783 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,764 | 110 | #732 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,781 | 103 | #760 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,523 | 73 | #890 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,215 | 65 | #959 |
| 1958 | 10 | #4,107 | 31 | #1,413 |
| 1957 | under 5 | 22 | #1,741 | |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,579 | 24 | #1,628 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,282 | 26 | #1,526 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,545 | 15 | #2,088 |
| 1953 | under 5 | 12 | #2,360 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 14 | #2,123 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 13 | #2,212 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 16 | #1,928 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 17 | #1,857 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 5 | #4,082 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 5 | #3,846 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Micah a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 133,606 Americans recorded as Micah, 11% are girls and 89% boys. In 2025 it went to 291 girls and 3,817 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Micah: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Micah, and how old are they?
130,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 98% of the 133,606 Americans ever recorded as Micah. The median Micah alive today is 17 years old; half are between 9 and 29.
The 2020 Census counted 97,933 people named Micah (11,324 women and girls, 86,609 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 108,037 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 622 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 8,800 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 21,300 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 48,200 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 51,500 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Micah born?
The states with the most babies named Micah are Texas, California and Florida, with 29% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 489 | #88 | 1.0× |
| California | 416 | #106 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 260 | #84 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 192 | #62 | 0.9× |
| Georgia | 185 | #56 | 1.4× |
| North Carolina | 179 | #71 | 1.2× |
| New York | 162 | #121 | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 160 | #79 | 1.0× |
| Virginia | 125 | #75 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 116 | #113 | 0.7× |
Where Micah is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Micah is most over-represented in Hawaii: since 1946 it was given 3.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Micah with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 149,622 babies since 1880, Micah is the most given (89% of them). In 2025 it was given to 4,108 of their 4,497 babies (91%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Micah
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1940-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Jai | 6,535 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Micah and names like it
- Compare Micah and MikahBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sMicah peaked in 2024.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Micah since 1910.
- The top names of 2024The year the most babies were named Micah.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Micah alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.