How rare is the name Mica?

3,649 people in the United States have the first name Mica, about 1 in 82,771. It ranks #4,903 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MICA

#4,903

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,649
About
1 in 82,771
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,649 people named Mica, 59.2% reported their origin as White, 18.6% as Black and 8.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 74% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Mica peaked in 1990, when 115 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19522025
Peak year
1990
Births that year
115
In 2025*
43 ▼63%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 3,695 babies have been given the name since 1952. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Mica by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #2,210. The largest share of babies named Mica, 32.2%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1950s#7,31764
1960s#4,510190
1970s#2,210805
1980s#2,739701
1990s#3,339717
2000s#5,164533
2010s#6,168440
2020s#6,462245
Baby boom 1946–643.7%
Generation X 1965–8026.8%
Millennials 1981–9632.2%
Generation Z 1997–1222.7%
2013 and later14.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Mica

1 other first name also has 3,649 people.

#4,903 Maris · 3,649

Either side of Mica

#4,902 Addy · 3,650#4,903 Maris · 3,649#4,905 Herminio · 3,644#4,906 Deeann · 3,642

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mica, most common first.

#560 Micah · 97,933#2,774 Mika · 8,413#5,147 Mick · 3,396#5,880 Micha · 2,819#11,283 Misa · 1,147#13,935 Mija · 855#22,678 Mic · 437#22,961 Mich · 430

Also a last name

As a last name, Mica ranks #69,958 of 156,621, with 302 people. See Mica as a last name

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