girls:
2.7k births since 1952
#3350 (41st percentile)
boys:
929 births since 1959
#3662 (20th percentile)
overall:
3.6k births since 1952
#4560 (41st percentile)
The name Mica is the #4,560 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,604 recorded births since 1952. This represents the 41.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 41.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,350 (41.4% percentile) for all time with 2,675 births since 1952. For boys, it ranks #3,662 (20.1% percentile) for all time with 929 births since 1959.
Mica first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1952 (1952 for girls and 1959 for boys).
The name Mica has been given predominantly to girls, with 74.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 43.9% of babies named Mica were girls.
For girls, Mica reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 12.5% percentile (ranked #722) with 52 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 52 births per million (ranked 12.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Mica ranks #934 for girls (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 19.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Mica reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #665) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 16 births per million (ranked 3.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Mica ranks #893 for boys (2.0% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 80.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mica".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Mica. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 70.5% confident that Mica is pronounced as MAI-kuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MEE-kuh, at 15.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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