Girl & boy name
Micah
Micah holds the #90 spot on the 2025 list of the most popular boy names in the U.S. That amounts to 3,817 newborn boys in a single year. The name is on the way up, moving from #106 in 2020 to #90 today. Its strongest year on record was 2024 (#86 nationally, 3,924 newborns), in a data series reaching back to 1946. The name's biggest fan base is in Hawaii (#37 there in 2025).
Rankings
Micah popularity, 1880–2025
Where Micah is most popular
Uniqueness score
You'll meet plenty of them — a true chart-topper. Based on how many babies per birth were named Micah in the most recent year of SSA data.
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Micah as a girl name
As of 2025, Micah ranks #908 among American girls' names, according to Social Security records. 291 girls received the name that year. It has climbed from #1050 to #908 over the past five years. SSA records for Micah go back to 1954; the peak came in 1998 at #582, with 415 babies named that year. Geographically, it's strongest in Arkansas, where it ranks #425 among girl names.