girls:
1.2k births since 1955
#4536 (21st percentile)
boys:
1.1k births since 1961
#3481 (24th percentile)
overall:
2.3k births since 1955
#5500 (29th percentile)
The name Micha is the #5,500 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,304 recorded births since 1955. This represents the 28.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 28.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,536 (20.6% percentile) for all time with 1,182 births since 1955. For boys, it ranks #3,481 (24.1% percentile) for all time with 1,122 births since 1961.
Micha first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1955 (1955 for girls and 1961 for boys). Birth data for Micha is available in 67 out of the 69 years between 1955 and 2023 (64 years for girls and 60 years for boys). 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 Micha is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 76.9% of babies named Micha were boys.
For girls, Micha reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 3.8% percentile (ranked #829) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Micha ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 17.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Micha reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 3.9% percentile (ranked #847) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Micha ranks #896 for boys (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 56.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Micha".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Micha. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 59.1% confident that Micha is pronounced as MAI-kuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MEE-kuh, at 25.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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