Mikah — #1607 US boys' name
3,272 babies named Mikah in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 89% of names given to boys today.
41% of everyone ever named Mikah was born in this single decade.
171 babies were named Mikah in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mikah
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,272 babies named Mikah between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mikah currently holds the #1607 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 171 babies received it in a single year. Mikah is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 1,657 additional births since 1975.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mikah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,335 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Mikah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 331 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Mikah in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mikah 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 3,272 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.
Mikah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mikah popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1972
- Peak year (2009)
- 171
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
Currently ranks #1607 among boys.
3,272 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 171 births in a single year.
Mikah popularity over time — girls
1,657 total births recorded since 1975 (Mikah as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Mikah accounts for 34% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mikah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,335 births that decade — 41% of Mikah's all-time total
Mikah decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,335 births
- Runner-up 982 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Mikah's strongest decade
1,335 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Mikah by state
Where Mikah concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 331 | 10.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 318 | 9.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 115 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 82 | 2.5% |
| #5 | Washington | | 77 | 2.4% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 66 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 58 | 1.8% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 48 | 1.5% |
331 of 3,272 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.1% of nationwide
- Texas 9.7% of nationwide
- Florida 3.5% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.5% of nationwide
- Washington 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 30 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Mikah appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1972–2024 (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.