Micah
#908 for girls in 2025, 291 births · #90 for boys in 2025, 3,817 births
Given to boys 89.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 3,924 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 4 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 119,571since 1946
Micah over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #908 | 291 | #90 | 3,817 |
| 2024 | #839 | 322 | #86 | 3,924 |
| 2023 | #1,008 | 251 | #87 | 3,897 |
| 2022 | #1,130 | 217 | #89 | 3,969 |
| 2021 | #967 | 268 | #107 | 3,630 |
| 2020 | #1,050 | 238 | #106 | 3,414 |
| 2019 | #939 | 281 | #109 | 3,509 |
| 2018 | #971 | 272 | #103 | 3,780 |
| 2017 | #977 | 268 | #107 | 3,711 |
| 2016 | #964 | 281 | #115 | 3,498 |
| 2015 | #838 | 334 | #105 | 3,767 |
| 2014 | #989 | 270 | #109 | 3,666 |
| 2013 | #877 | 294 | #105 | 3,700 |
| 2012 | #865 | 307 | #103 | 3,765 |
| 2011 | #905 | 288 | #102 | 3,772 |
| 2010 | #840 | 319 | #108 | 3,571 |
| 2009 | #813 | 348 | #118 | 3,541 |
| 2008 | #888 | 313 | #121 | 3,528 |
| 2007 | #767 | 379 | #126 | 3,307 |
| 2006 | #711 | 401 | #145 | 2,841 |
| 2005 | #856 | 295 | #150 | 2,714 |
| 2004 | #759 | 344 | #161 | 2,489 |
| 2003 | #706 | 371 | #173 | 2,286 |
| 2002 | #640 | 397 | #173 | 2,224 |
| 2001 | #627 | 399 | #178 | 2,113 |
| 2000 | #636 | 393 | #186 | 1,975 |
| 1999 | #586 | 421 | #195 | 1,739 |
| 1998 | #582 | 415 | #199 | 1,692 |
| 1997 | #613 | 369 | #202 | 1,570 |
| 1996 | #626 | 359 | #209 | 1,478 |
| 1995 | #629 | 348 | #212 | 1,392 |
| 1994 | #716 | 289 | #246 | 1,169 |
| 1993 | #746 | 278 | #240 | 1,203 |
| 1992 | #768 | 270 | #242 | 1,195 |
| 1991 | #811 | 252 | #245 | 1,136 |
| 1990 | #905 | 212 | #238 | 1,180 |
| 1989 | #972 | 179 | #237 | 1,118 |
| 1988 | #852 | 210 | #224 | 1,114 |
| 1987 | #890 | 189 | #224 | 1,064 |
| 1986 | #891 | 184 | #217 | 1,101 |
| 1985 | #943 | 166 | #208 | 1,147 |
| 1984 | #867 | 175 | #207 | 1,113 |
| 1983 | #918 | 162 | #220 | 1,038 |
| 1982 | #966 | 153 | #216 | 1,123 |
| 1981 | #906 | 165 | #213 | 1,165 |
| 1980 | #1,064 | 133 | #228 | 1,048 |
| 1979 | #1,036 | 134 | #205 | 1,144 |
| 1978 | #954 | 146 | #215 | 1,006 |
| 1977 | #1,183 | 104 | #211 | 1,051 |
| 1976 | #1,167 | 98 | #226 | 900 |
| 1975 | #1,342 | 80 | #254 | 790 |
| 1974 | #1,315 | 81 | #272 | 694 |
| 1973 | #1,666 | 54 | #327 | 527 |
| 1972 | #1,989 | 40 | #407 | 373 |
| 1971 | #2,477 | 30 | #490 | 269 |
| 1970 | #2,779 | 25 | #539 | 225 |
| 1969 | #2,917 | 21 | #592 | 173 |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 | #660 | 130 |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 | #655 | 129 |
| 1966 | #3,040 | 17 | #713 | 108 |
| 1965 | #3,050 | 17 | #688 | 117 |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | #772 | 96 |
| 1963 | #3,801 | 12 | #781 | 95 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | #729 | 110 |
| 1961 | #4,546 | 9 | #758 | 103 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #891 | 73 |
| 1959 | #4,031 | 10 | #950 | 65 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #1,396 | 31 |
| 1957 | — | #1,715 | 22 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #1,608 | 24 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | #1,503 | 26 |
| 1954 | #5,148 | 6 | #2,044 | 15 |
| 1953 | — | #2,287 | 12 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,073 | 14 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,135 | 13 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,879 | 16 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,820 | 17 | |
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| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,525 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Micah! It came in at #3,525, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1946–1948, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Micah is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Hampshire#105 · 1 in 711
- Hawaii#106 · 1 in 496
- Oklahoma#107 · 1 in 562
- Maine#112 · 1 in 715
- Washington#115 · 1 in 723
Best ever in a state: #8 in Hawaii, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | #105 | 8 | 1 in 711 |
| Hawaii | #106 | 13 | 1 in 496 |
| Oklahoma | #107 | 38 | 1 in 562 |
| Maine | #112 | 10 | 1 in 715 |
| Washington | #115 | 41 | 1 in 723 |
| Oregon | #117 | 27 | 1 in 717 |
| Indiana | #128 | 42 | 1 in 978 |
| Nevada | #130 | 7 | 1 in 708 |
| Wyoming | #131 | 5 | 1 in 713 |
| Minnesota | #134 | 30 | 1 in 1,038 |
| Tennessee | #137 | 40 | 1 in 821 |
| Montana | #143 | 7 | 1 in 830 |
| Utah | #143 | 21 | 1 in 905 |
| Arkansas | #151 | 18 | 1 in 885 |
| Ohio | #154 | 64 | 1 in 1,256 |
| Colorado | #158 | 22 | 1 in 989 |
| Mississippi | #161 | 21 | 1 in 901 |
| Idaho | #164 | 8 | 1 in 1,052 |
| South Dakota | #164 | 5 | 1 in 1,063 |
| Alabama | #177 | 26 | 1 in 1,038 |
| Missouri | #177 | 26 | 1 in 1,413 |
| New Mexico | #184 | 11 | 1 in 932 |
| Louisiana | #191 | 36 | 1 in 969 |
| District of Columbia | #192 | 8 | 1 in 987 |
| South Carolina | #194 | 18 | 1 in 1,170 |
| Iowa | #196 | 11 | 1 in 2,015 |
| Kentucky | #200 | 16 | 1 in 1,760 |
| West Virginia | #204 | 7 | 1 in 1,985 |
| Kansas | #207 | 11 | 1 in 1,530 |
| Virginia | #208 | 22 | 1 in 1,512 |
| Nebraska | #209 | 6 | 1 in 1,993 |
| Georgia | #210 | 28 | 1 in 1,403 |
| Pennsylvania | #213 | 33 | 1 in 2,305 |
| Texas | #213 | 103 | 1 in 1,197 |
| Wisconsin | #213 | 15 | 1 in 2,302 |
| California | #221 | 127 | 1 in 1,415 |
| North Carolina | #224 | 24 | 1 in 1,565 |
| Michigan | #235 | 30 | 1 in 2,234 |
| Maryland | #241 | 11 | 1 in 2,060 |
| Arizona | #252 | 12 | 1 in 1,744 |
| Illinois | #257 | 42 | 1 in 1,994 |
| Florida | #265 | 29 | 1 in 1,888 |
| Massachusetts | #288 | 8 | 1 in 4,239 |
| New York | #354 | 32 | 1 in 3,469 |
| New Jersey | #484 | 7 | 1 in 6,063 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Micah
- 4 spots since 2024 (#86 → #90)
- 16 spots since 2020 (#106 → #90)
- 15 spots since 2015 (#105 → #90)
- Biggest jump: 446 spots in 1959 (#1,396 → #950)
- Biggest drop: 52 spots in 1963 (#729 → #781)
- Debuted 1946
- Peaked 2024 at #86 (3,924 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 4 yrs · run 2022–2025
- Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1959–2025
- Highest: 1 in 439 boys born in 2023 were named Micah (0.23%)
- Latest: 1 in 447 boys born in 2025 (0.22%)
- Its best rank, #86 in 2024, was only 1 in 439 (0.23%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 30.7% of all boys named Micah (36,739) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 27 | #1,820 (1949) | #3,026 |
| 1950s | 238 | #950 (1959) | #1,759 |
| 1960s | 1,134 | #592 (1969) | #724 |
| 1970s | 6,979 | #205 (1979) | #315 |
| 1980s | 11,031 | #207 (1984) | #219 |
| 1990s | 13,754 | #195 (1999) | #223 |
| 2000s | 27,018 | #118 (2009) | #153 |
| 2010s | 36,739 | #102 (2011) | #107 |
| 2020s | 22,651 | #86 (2024) | #94 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Micah in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 11,980 of them was named Micah, which outranked 91.3% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,030Lola136
- #1,030Malia136
- #1,035Antionette135
- #1,036Micah134
- #1,036Amberly134
- #1,036Carie134
- #1,036Elvira134
- #1,047Jaimee133
- #1,047Joanie133
- #1,047Roxann133
Tied with 10 names at #1,036; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 1,505 of them was named Micah, which outranked 97.1% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.