Unisex name · since 1983
Michaiah
409 babies named Michaiah in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,344 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 409
- born since 1983
- 2000s
- peak decade
409 girls have been named Michaiah since 1983, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Michaiah recorded 409 times among girls since 1983, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2024.
- #13,344 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 409 born since 1983
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Michaiah ranks #13,344 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 409 born since 1983, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,344 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 409
- born since 1983
- 2000s
- peak decade
Michaiah's 409 recorded births place it above 81.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Michaiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Michaiah's full recorded timeline at 2006, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 24 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Michaiah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2024
- Peak year (2007)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Michaiah popularity over time - boys
132 total births recorded since 1998 (Michaiah as boys' name)
Michaiah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (180 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Michaiah's strongest decade.
180 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Michaiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
97 births
- 2000s
2000s
180 births
- 2010s
2010s
122 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 180 births (44% of all-time use).
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What to do with Michaiah's data
- Michaiah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (180 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Michaiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~41 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1983–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Michaiah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.