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Micaiah

#1,386 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Who is like Yahweh?

Micaiah has been given to 4,637 babies in the U.S. since 1973. In 2025 it ranked #1,386 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 139 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 67% boys, 33% girls all-time.

Babies named Micaiah, 2025

1 in 24,900

Micaiah over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Micaiah over time

In 2025, Micaiah went to 20% girls and 80% boys.

19732025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Micaiah: meaning, origin, and history

Who is like Yahweh?

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Micaiah means

Micaiah means “who is like Yahweh?”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,085 boys were recorded with the name Micaiah between 1973 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 139 in 2014; its best national rank was #1,270 in 2001.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,406 in 2020 to #1,386 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,636 in 2015 to #1,386 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,552 girls were recorded with the name Micaiah between 1976 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 73 in 2001; its best national rank was #2,222 in 2001.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,214 in 2020 to #4,239 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,332 in 2015 to #4,239 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Micaiah?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 24,900
133 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 12,800
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,386
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
17,279 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Micaiah sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 17,279 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Micaiah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Micaiahs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Micaiah was born before 2012 — so the typical Micaiah is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
34.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
82.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,085
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 34.7% of all recorded uses (1,069).

Is Micaiah rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+173
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+20
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+250
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.36×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
95.7%
Peak was 2014 (139)
Years since peak
11
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
19.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,270
2001

Spellings of Micaiah

Micaiah is not the most common spelling — Isaiah is, with 64.7% against Micaiah's 0.79%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Micaiah is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Micaiah was most concentrated in Pennsylvania — about 1 in 11,111 boys, against 1 in 20,253 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 50,000).

29 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Pennsylvania1 in 11,111
  2. 2Florida1 in 14,286
  3. 3Georgia1 in 14,286
  4. 4California1 in 16,667
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 16,667
  6. 6Texas1 in 20,000
  7. 7Virginia1 in 20,000
  8. 8Arizona1 in 25,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Micaiah is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Micaiah was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 290,762 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 100,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 100,000
  3. 3California1 in —
  4. 4Colorado1 in —
  5. 5Florida1 in —
  6. 6Louisiana1 in —
  7. 7Michigan1 in —
  8. 8North Carolina1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Micaiah has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Micaiah around the world

Where Micaiah ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2025
    #1,226
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2002–2024
    #1,817
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1992–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Micaiah

People whose public names include Micaiah, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Micaiah by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,386
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 20
Best rank ever
#1,270
2001
Peak year
2014
139 that year
First recorded
1973
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,085
Count in 2025
133

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,239
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,025
Best rank ever
#2,222
2001
Peak year
2001
73 that year
First recorded
1976
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,552
Count in 2025
34

Names similar to Micaiah

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Micaiah

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Micaiah, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Micaiah

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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