girls:
17 births since 1992
#5699 (0th percentile)
boys:
373 births since 1976
#4213 (8th percentile)
overall:
390 births since 1976
#7349 (5th percentile)
The name Michah is the #7,349 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 390 recorded births since 1976. This represents the 5.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,213 (8.1% percentile) for all time with 373 births since 1976. For girls, it ranks #5,699 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 17 births since 1992.
Michah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1976 (1976 for boys and 1992 for girls). Birth data for Michah is available in 45 out of the 48 years between 1976 and 2023 (45 years for boys and 3 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 Michah has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 95.6% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Michah reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #815) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Michah ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 45.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Michah reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #857) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1992, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2007.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Michah".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Michah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.3% confident that Michah is pronounced as MAI-kuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MIH-kuh, at 28.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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