Mikiah — #11425 US unisex name
454 babies named Mikiah in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 35% of names given to girls today.
57% of everyone ever named Mikiah was born in this single decade.
37 babies were named Mikiah in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Mikiah
The Social Security Administration has registered 454 babies named Mikiah between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mikiah currently holds the #11425 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 37 babies received it in a single year. Mikiah is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 136 additional births since 1997.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Mikiah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 257 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mikiah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Mikiah 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 454 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.
Mikiah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Mikiah popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1991
- Peak year (2005)
- 37
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #11425 among girls.
454 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 37 births in a single year.
Mikiah popularity over time — boys
136 total births recorded since 1997 (Mikiah as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Mikiah accounts for 23% of total recorded use across both genders.
Mikiah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 257 births that decade — 57% of Mikiah's all-time total
Mikiah decade highlights
- Peak decade 257 births
- Runner-up 92 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Mikiah's strongest decade
257 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
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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, 1991–2024 (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.