Micah

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Primarily a boy's name · Unisex — 11% girls / 89% boys

Meaning

Micah is a given name. Micah is the name of several people in the Tanakh, and means "Who is like God?”. The name is sometimes found with theophoric extensions. Suffix theophory in Yah and in Yahweh results in Michaiah or Michaihu, meaning who is like Yahweh?

From Wikipedia

Micah first appears in the data in 1946 and has been recorded in 78 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2022 with 3,964 babies (rank #89 that year). In 2024 it was given to 3,909 boys (rank #86). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Micah

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Micah yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

129,443
Total babies (all years)
78
Years in the data
3,964
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19465#3,846
19475#4,084
194917#1,858
195016#1,929
195113#2,213
195214#2,124
195312#2,361
195415#2,089
195526#1,527
195624#1,629
195722#1,742
195831#1,414
195965#960
196073#892
1961103#761
1962110#731
196395#783
196496#773
1965117#691
1966108#717
1967129#656
1968130#661
1969174#592
1970225#540
1971269#490
1972373#407
1973527#327
1974694#272
1975790#254
1976900#226
19771,051#211
19781,006#215
19791,144#205
19801,048#228
19811,168#213
19821,123#216
19831,039#220
19841,113#207
19851,147#208
19861,101#217
19871,064#224
19881,114#224
19891,118#237
19901,180#238
19911,136#245
19921,195#242
19931,203#240
19941,169#246
19951,391#212
19961,478#210
19971,570#202
19981,692#199
19991,739#195
20001,975#186
20012,113#178
20022,224#173
20032,286#173
20042,489#161
20052,714#150
20062,841#145
20073,307#126
20083,527#121
20093,541#118
20103,570#108
20113,771#102
20123,764#103
20133,700#105
20143,666#109
20153,766#105
20163,496#115
20173,710#107
20183,777#103
20193,506#110
20203,410#106
20213,623#107
20223,964#89
20233,889#87
20243,909#86