Girls' name · since 1972
Milcah
Milcah has 176 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,134 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,185 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 176
- born since 1972
- 2010s
- peak decade
Milcah currently ranks #12185 among girls' names in America, with 176 babies recorded since 1972.
Milcah has 176 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12185 as of the latest data, more common than 30% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2025.
- #21,134 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,185 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 176 born since 1972
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Milcah ranks #21,134 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,185 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 176 born since 1972, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,134 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,185 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 176
- born since 1972
- 2010s
- peak decade
Milcah's 176 recorded births place it above 70.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Milcah compares
176 34th 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
Milcah's all-time total is 53% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Milcah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 176 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Milcah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Milcah's full recorded timeline at 2015, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Milcah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Milcah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (63 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Milcah's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Milcah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
35 births
- 2010s
2010s
63 births
- 2020s
2020s
63 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 63 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Milcah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (63 total births) through the 2020s (63) -- 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 Milcah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1972–2025 (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 Milcah 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.