Mykah
#4,141 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Mykah has been given to 2,491 babies in the U.S. since 1985. In 2025 it ranked #4,141 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 78 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 55% girls, 45% boys all-time.
Babies named Mykah, 2025
1 in 94,700
Mykah over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Mykah over time
In 2025, Mykah went to 49% girls and 51% boys.
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.
How common is Mykah?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 94,700
- 35 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 45,900
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #4,141
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 65,655 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Mykah sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 65,655 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mykah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Mykahs were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Mykah was born before 2011 — so the typical Mykah is around 14 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 39.3% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 86.4%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,381
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 39.3% of all recorded uses (543).
Is Mykah 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
- −582
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −419
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −1,024
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.65×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 44.9%
- Peak was 2011 (78)
- Years since peak
- 14
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 12.9% average annual change
Spellings of Mykah
Mykah is not the most common spelling — Myra is, with 21.7% against Mykah's 0.47%.
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 Mykah is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Mykah was most concentrated in Missouri — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 232,871 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Missouri1 in 100,000
- 2Oklahoma1 in 100,000
- 3Texas1 in 100,000
- 4California1 in —
- 5Georgia1 in —
- 6Illinois1 in —
- 7Michigan1 in —
- 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. Mykah has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Mykah is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Mykah was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 254,582 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in 100,000
- 2Texas1 in 100,000
- 3Arizona1 in —
- 4Florida1 in —
- 5New York1 in —
- 6Ohio1 in —
- 7Washington1 in —
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. Mykah has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Mykah around the world
Where Mykah 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.
- Canada2012–2017#3,407in 2017
- South Australia1993–2012#871in 2012
Popularity data from Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Mykah by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Mykah
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Mykah
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.