girls:
1.5k births since 1976
#4250 (26th percentile)
boys:
2.8k births since 1973
#2364 (48th percentile)
overall:
4.3k births since 1973
#4165 (46th percentile)
The name Micaiah is the #4,165 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,329 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 46.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 46.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,364 (48.4% percentile) for all time with 2,836 births since 1973. For girls, it ranks #4,250 (25.6% percentile) for all time with 1,493 births since 1976.
Micaiah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (1973 for boys and 1976 for girls). Birth data for Micaiah is available in 50 out of the 51 years between 1973 and 2023 (50 years for boys and 40 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 Micaiah has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (65.5% of all recorded births). In 2023, 80.5% of babies named Micaiah were boys.
For boys, Micaiah reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 14.7% percentile (ranked #771) with 67 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 70 births per million (ranked 13.5% percentile). Despite a peak around 2020, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Micaiah is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #788 (13.5% percentile) with 70 births per million.
For girls, Micaiah reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 7.6% percentile (ranked #830) with 37 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 37 births per million (ranked 7.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Micaiah ranks #921 for girls (2.7% percentile) with 18 births per million, which is 48.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Micaiah".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Micaiah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 56.7% confident that Micaiah is pronounced as mih-KAI-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mih-KAY-uh, at 23.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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