Michah — #11194 US boys' name
380 babies named Michah in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 21% of names given to boys today.
26% of everyone ever named Michah was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Michah in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Michah
The Social Security Administration has registered 380 babies named Michah between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Michah currently holds the #11194 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Michah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Michah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Michah 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 380 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.
Michah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Michah popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (2001)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #11194 among boys.
380 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 15 births in a single year.
Michah popularity over time — girls
17 total births recorded since 1992 (Michah as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Michah accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Michah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 98 births that decade — 26% of Michah's all-time total
Michah decade highlights
- Peak decade 98 births
- Runner-up 86 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Michah's strongest decade
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
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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, 1976–2024 (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.