girls:
13.4k births since 1954
#1338 (77th percentile)
boys:
111.7k births since 1946
#282 (94th percentile)
overall:
125.2k births since 1946
#590 (92nd percentile)
The name Micah is the #590 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 125,162 recorded births since 1946. This represents the 92.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 92.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #282 (93.9% percentile) for all time with 111,747 births since 1946. For girls, it ranks #1,338 (76.6% percentile) for all time with 13,415 births since 1954.
Micah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1946 (1946 for boys and 1954 for girls). Birth data for Micah is available in 77 out of the 78 years between 1946 and 2023 (77 years for boys and 69 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Micah has been given predominantly to boys, with 89.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 93.9% of babies named Micah were boys.
For boys, Micah reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 90.8% percentile (ranked #85) with 2,116 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 2,116 births per million (ranked 90.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Micah is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #85 (90.8% percentile) with 2,116 births per million.
For girls, Micah reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 42.9% percentile (ranked #506) with 216 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 216 births per million (ranked 42.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Micah ranks #705 for girls (25.6% percentile) with 143 births per million, which is 66.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Micah".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Micah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 79.1% confident that Micah is pronounced as MAI-kuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MEE-kuh, at 11.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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