Micha — #13669 US unisex name
1,188 babies named Micha in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 23% of names given to girls today.
23% of everyone ever named Micha was born in this single decade.
38 babies were named Micha in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Micha
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,188 babies named Micha between 1955 and 2024, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Micha currently holds the #13669 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 38 babies received it in a single year. Micha is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 1,146 additional births since 1961.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Micha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 271 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Micha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 43 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arkansas and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Micha in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Micha 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 1,188 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.
Micha at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Micha popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1955
- Peak year (1990)
- 38
- Annual births at peak — across 70 years of records
Currently ranks #13669 among girls.
1,188 total births across 70 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 38 births in a single year.
Micha popularity over time — boys
1,146 total births recorded since 1961 (Micha as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Micha accounts for 49% of total recorded use across both genders.
Micha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 271 births that decade — 23% of Micha's all-time total
Micha decade highlights
- Peak decade 271 births
- Runner-up 245 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Micha's strongest decade
271 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Micha by state
Where Micha concentrates geographically — total births since 1955
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.6% of nationwide
- Arkansas 0.5% of nationwide
- Oklahoma 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.6% 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, 1955–2024 (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.