How rare is the name Micah?

97,933 people in the United States have the first name Micah, about 1 in 3,084. It ranks #560 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MICAH

#560

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
97,933
About
1 in 3,084
This common or more
60.6%
Who bears it

Of the 97,933 people named Micah, 58.8% reported their origin as White, 18.7% as Black and 9.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 88.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Micah peaked in 2024, when 4,246 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19462025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
4,246
In 2025*
4,108 ▼3%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 133,606 babies have been given the name since 1946. 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.

Micah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #144. The largest share of babies named Micah, 38.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1940s#8,55327
1950s#3,319278
1960s#1,5911,267
1970s#5797,771
1980s#41312,747
1990s#36816,967
2000s#24430,658
2010s#16839,653
2020s#14424,238
Baby boom 1946–640.6%
Generation X 1965–807.3%
Millennials 1981–9616.7%
Generation Z 1997–1236.6%
2013 and later38.8%

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.

Where Micah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Micah has been most common in Hawaii (4.8×), Alaska (2.4×), and Nevada (1.7×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.12×).

129,177 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Micah

#558 Jocelyn · 98,533#559 Rick · 98,277#561 Marjorie · 97,802#562 Charlene · 97,330

Spelled almost the same

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

#4,903 Mica · 3,649#4,914 Mikah · 3,634#21,204 Miciah · 481#22,961 Mich · 430#24,534 Michah · 392

Also a last name

As a last name, Micah ranks #127,013 of 156,621, with 141 people. See Micah as a last name

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