How Many People Are Named Micaiah?
people named Micaiah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 74,690 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,637 babies named Micaiah in Social Security records from 1973 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
192 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "who is like YAHWEH?" in Hebrew. This name occurs in the Old Testament belonging to both males and females.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Micaiah, 33.6% were girls and 66.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1980s: 22% of the babies were girls then and 22.6% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Micaiah alive today is about 16 years old, and 91% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 23 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Micaiah first appears in the records in 1973 and was given most often in 2016, to 192 babies. In 2025, 167 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1973 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Micaiah has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,270, in 2001. In 2025 it ranked #1,386. Among girls, its best rank was #2,222, in 2001.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,386 | #4,239 |
| Best rank | #1,270 (2001) | #2,222 (2001) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,533 in the 2010s | #2,706 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Micaiah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Micaiah were born in California than in any other state: about 348 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Micaiah was given 2.2 times as often in Georgia, 2.1 times in Florida and 2.1 times in North Carolina.
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