Micah

What Micah means

Means “who is like Yahweh”

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

Source: Wiktionary, “Micah” (revision 93373449), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Micah?

US: Rising: up from #105 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #322 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 3,897 boys got the name (#87 that year). First in the US records in 1946.

How common

• About 1 in 447 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,022 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,182 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in HI (6.17 per 1,000 boys), AK (6.16 per 1,000 boys), SD (4.68 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Micah is #90 in the US and #189 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 92.9% of US babies named Micah were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Mikah107 US
• Mika34 US · 12 E&W
• Mykah36 US
• Mycah28 US
• Mica23 US
• Mikai22 US
• Micky11 US · 10 E&W
• Mico6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Micah

Boys

• Josiah#54Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #54 vs #226 in 2025
• Judah#178Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #178 vs #404 in 2025
• Jude#155possibly “praised”^*
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025
• Nehemiah#429“consolation of Yahweh”^*
• Asa#483“physician, doctor, healer”^*

For a sister

• Lilah#179Editor’s note Up from #314 in 2015 to #179 in 2025 in the US
• Selah#216“to hang”^*
• Eden#70possibly “steppe, garden”^*
• Naomi#47“my pleasantness”^*
• Hadassah#569“myrtle”^*
• Delilah#51Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #115 in 2015, #51 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Bible, Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Micah’s. Rank is US 2025.