girls:
101 births since 2001
#5615 (2nd percentile)
boys:
48 births since 2011
#4538 (1st percentile)
overall:
149 births since 2001
#7590 (2nd percentile)
The name Mikaiah is the #7,590 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 149 recorded births since 2001. This represents the 1.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,615 (1.7% percentile) for all time with 101 births since 2001. For boys, it ranks #4,538 (1.0% percentile) for all time with 48 births since 2011.
Mikaiah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2001 (2001 for girls and 2011 for boys). Birth data for Mikaiah is available in 18 out of the 23 years between 2001 and 2023 (16 years for girls and 8 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 Mikaiah has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (67.8% of all recorded births). In 2023, 53.3% of babies named Mikaiah were girls.
For girls, Mikaiah reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #927) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2013, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Mikaiah is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #944 (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million.
For boys, Mikaiah reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #909) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Mikaiah is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #909 (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mikaiah".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Mikaiah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 40.6% confident that Mikaiah is pronounced as mih-KAY-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mih-KAI-uh, at 37.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like M IH0 K EY1 AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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