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Mikah

#1,594 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Mikah has been given to 5,061 babies in the U.S. since 1972. In 2025 it ranked #1,594 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 171 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 67% boys, 33% girls all-time.

Babies named Mikah, 2025

1 in 31,000

Mikah over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Mikah over time

In 2025, Mikah went to 19% girls and 81% boys.

19722025

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.

Mikah: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Mikah means

Mikah is a given name.

The naming story behind Mikah

Wikidata records Mikah as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q120915225, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,379 boys were recorded with the name Mikah between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 171 in 2009; its best national rank was #1,090 in 2009.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,394 in 2020 to #1,594 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,432 in 2015 to #1,594 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,682 girls were recorded with the name Mikah between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 76 in 2004; its best national rank was #2,302 in 2004.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,511 in 2020 to #5,182 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,988 in 2015 to #5,182 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 Mikah?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 31,000
107 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 16,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,594
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
21,477 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Mikah 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 21,477 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mikah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mikahs were born

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

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
39.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
89.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,379
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 39.5% of all recorded uses (1,335).

Is Mikah 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
+24
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−200
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−162
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.89×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
62.6%
Peak was 2009 (171)
Years since peak
16
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
9.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,090
2009

Spellings of Mikah

Mikah is not the most common spelling — Mike is, with 50.8% against Mikah's 0.83%.

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 Mikah is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Mikah was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 9,091 boys, against 1 in 18,365 across all states with data. It was least common in Michigan (1 in 100,000).

111 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 9,091
  2. 2Texas1 in 12,500
  3. 3California1 in 14,286
  4. 4New Mexico1 in 14,286
  5. 5Pennsylvania1 in 14,286
  6. 6Georgia1 in 20,000
  7. 7South Carolina1 in 20,000
  8. 8North Carolina1 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 Mikah is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Mikah was most concentrated in Missouri — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 260,318 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Missouri1 in 100,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 100,000
  3. 3California1 in —
  4. 4Florida1 in —
  5. 5Illinois1 in —
  6. 6Kentucky1 in —
  7. 7Michigan1 in —
  8. 8New York1 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. Mikah has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Mikah around the world

Where Mikah 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
    2003–2024
    #2,922
    in 2024
  • Canada
    2005–2024
    #3,231
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2007–2012
    #514
    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.

Mikah by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,594
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 200
Best rank ever
#1,090
2009
Peak year
2009
171 that year
First recorded
1972
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,379
Count in 2025
107

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,182
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 671
Best rank ever
#2,302
2004
Peak year
2004
76 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,682
Count in 2025
25

Names similar to Mikah

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

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Names with a curve like Mikah

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

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Sibling names for Mikah

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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