# Micah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/micah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “who is like yahweh” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈmaɪkə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Mika, Mica |
| US babies named this | 133,606 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 119,571 / 14,035 (11% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,146, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew מִיכָה (mīḵāh), shortened form of מִיכַיְהוּ (mīḵāyᵊhū, “who is like Yahweh”).

## What it means

Micah is grouped under god.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 288 | 909 |
| 2012 | 307 | 870 |
| 2013 | 294 | 878 |
| 2014 | 270 | 990 |
| 2015 | 334 | 841 |
| 2016 | 281 | 964 |
| 2017 | 268 | 977 |
| 2018 | 272 | 973 |
| 2019 | 281 | 941 |
| 2020 | 238 | 1,052 |
| 2021 | 268 | 970 |
| 2022 | 217 | 1,130 |
| 2023 | 251 | 1,010 |
| 2024 | 322 | 840 |
| 2025 | 291 | 909 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,772 | 102 |
| 2012 | 3,765 | 103 |
| 2013 | 3,700 | 105 |
| 2014 | 3,666 | 109 |
| 2015 | 3,767 | 105 |
| 2016 | 3,498 | 115 |
| 2017 | 3,711 | 107 |
| 2018 | 3,780 | 103 |
| 2019 | 3,509 | 109 |
| 2020 | 3,414 | 106 |
| 2021 | 3,630 | 107 |
| 2022 | 3,969 | 89 |
| 2023 | 3,897 | 87 |
| 2024 | 3,924 | 86 |
| 2025 | 3,817 | 90 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 12 | 2,104 |
| 2011 | 11 | 2,275 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 159 | 279 |
| 2012 | 158 | 290 |
| 2013 | 149 | 299 |
| 2014 | 147 | 313 |
| 2015 | 143 | 322 |
| 2016 | 202 | 261 |
| 2017 | 162 | 308 |
| 2018 | 195 | 262 |
| 2019 | 178 | 271 |
| 2020 | 177 | 264 |
| 2021 | 204 | 243 |
| 2022 | 224 | 225 |
| 2023 | 228 | 216 |
| 2024 | 263 | 190 |
| 2025 | 266 | 189 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Miquees
- Chinese: 彌迦書 /弥迦书
- Czech: Micheáš
- Danish: Mika
- Dutch: Micha
- Estonian: Miika raamat, Miika
- Finnish: Miika
- French: Michée
- German: Micha
- Greek: Μιχαίας
- Hebrew: מִיכָה
- Hindi: मीका, माइका
- Hungarian: Mikeás
- Icelandic: Míka
- Irish: Leabhar Mhíocá, Míocá
- Italian: Michea
- Japanese: ミカ書, ミカ
- Korean: 미가서
- Latin: Michaeās, Michaeas
- Latvian: Miha

## People named Micah

- Micah Richards, English footballer (born 1988)
- Micah Christenson, American volleyball player
- Micah Sloat, American actor
- Micah Boyd, American rower
- Micah Parsons, American football player (born 1999)
- Micah Hamilton, English association football player (born 2003)
- Micah Potter, American basketball player (born 1998)
- Micah Lawrence, American swimmer
- Micah Stephen Williams, entertainer
- Micah Downs, American basketball player (born 1986)
- Micah Hauptman, American film actor, actor and television actor
- Micah Alberti, American actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.