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Micah
Pronounced /ˈmaɪkə/
Rank in 2024
#86
Born in 2024
3,909
Peak year
2022 · #89
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for girls:320 in 2024 (#842)
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 3,909 boys were named Micah, about 1 in every 439.
- It peaked in 2022 with 3,964 babies, ranked #89.
- It first shows up in the records in 1946.
- 115,705 boys 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
- 0.3Gen X1965–80
- 0.6Millennials1981–96
- 1.4Gen Z1997–12
- 2.0Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 742 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 8,685 babies, 0.32 per 1,000. Millennials: 18,739 babies, 0.62 per 1,000. Gen Z: 43,123 babies, 1.37 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 44,416 babies, 2.04 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.