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Micah
Pronounced /ˈmaɪkə/
Rank in 2024
#842
Born in 2024
320
Peak year
1999 · #586
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for boys:3,909 in 2024 (#86)
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 320 girls were named Micah, about 1 in every 5,041.
- It peaked in 1999 with 421 babies, ranked #586.
- It first shows up in the records in 1954.
- 13,738 girls have been named Micah since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Micah per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 89 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,009 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,591 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Gen Z: 5,758 babies, 0.20 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,291 babies, 0.16 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Hebrew מִיכָה (mīḵāh), shortened form of מִיכַיְהוּ (mīḵāyᵊhū, “who is like Yahweh”).
- A unisex given name originating from the Bible [in turn from Hebrew].
- A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin. Used since the 17th century.
- A female given name from Hebrew, of modern American usage.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈmaɪkə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Micah, CC BY-SA 4.0.