Unisex name · since 2001
Mikaiah
Since 2001, U.S. Social Security records show 108 babies named Mikaiah, peaking in 2013. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,291 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,559 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 108
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Mikaiah currently ranks #12559 among unisex names in America, with 108 babies recorded since 2001.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mikaiah has been recorded 108 times among girls since 2001, currently ranked #12559 nationally and more common than 27% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #26,291 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,559 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 108 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mikaiah ranks #26,291 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,559 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 108 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #26,291 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,559 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 108
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Mikaiah's 108 recorded births place it above 63.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Mikaiah compares
108 26th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Mikaiah's all-time total is 71% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mikaiah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 108 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mikaiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mikaiah splits its recorded history at 2014: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2001 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mikaiah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Mikaiah popularity over time - boys
63 total births recorded since 2011 (Mikaiah as boys' name)
Mikaiah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (53 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Mikaiah's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Mikaiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
27 births
- 2010s
2010s
53 births
- 2020s
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 53 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Mikaiah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (53 total births) through the 2020s (28) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mikaiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Mikaiah 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.