Girls' name · since 2002
Michaya
48 babies named Michaya in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 48
- total births
- 2002–2012
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 90%
- born in that decade
Michaya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 48 have been recorded since 2002.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Michaya has been recorded 48 times among girls since 2002, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2012.
- 48 total births
- 2002–2012 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 90% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Michaya's 48 recorded births place it above 51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Michaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Michaya splits its recorded history at 2006: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Michaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2012
- Peak year (2005)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Michaya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Michaya's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 90% of all-time use.
Michaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
43 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 43 births (90% of all-time use).
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- Michaya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (43 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2002–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Michaya: Baby Name Since 2002 - 48 Births, Peak 2005." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/michaya. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Michaya 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 July 2026.