Micalah — girls' name
135 babies named Micalah in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
135 girls have been named Micalah since 1993, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2005.
- 135
- total births
- 1993–2005
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 71%
- born in that decade
71% of everyone ever named Micalah was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Micalah in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Micalah
The Social Security Administration has registered 135 babies named Micalah between 1993 and 2005, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Micalah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Micalah performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Micalah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Micalah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Micalah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 135 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Micalah at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Micalah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1993
- Peak year (1995)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
135 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 22 births in a single year.
Micalah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 96 births that decade — 71% of Micalah's all-time total
Micalah decade highlights
- Peak decade 96 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Micalah's strongest decade
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 71% of all-time use.
Micalah by state
Where Micalah concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 3.7% |
5 of 135 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1993–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.