Mikea — girls' name
224 babies named Mikea in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
224 girls have been named Mikea since 1982, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2010.
- 224
- total births
- 1982–2010
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
53% of everyone ever named Mikea was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Mikea in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mikea
The Social Security Administration has registered 224 babies named Mikea between 1982 and 2010, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mikea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mikea performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mikea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in District of Columbia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mikea in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mikea 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 224 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.
Mikea at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mikea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1982
- Peak year (1993)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
224 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 18 births in a single year.
Mikea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 118 births that decade — 53% of Mikea's all-time total
Mikea decade highlights
- Peak decade 118 births
- Runner-up 77 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Mikea's strongest decade
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Mikea by state
Where Mikea concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | District of Columbia | | 5 | 2.2% |
5 of 224 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- District of Columbia 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
District of Columbia accounts for 2.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1982–2010 (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.