Is Mica a boy or girl name?

Mica is a unisex name. Of the 3,695 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 73.4% were girls and 26.6% were boys. It changed hands in 2022, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Mica

Recorded 1952–2025 · United States

Mica was most popular in 1990, when 115 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,300 that year. In 2025 it ranked #6,196, with 43 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,695 people named Mica.

Mica over time

Births per year. The dot marks Mica’s peak in 1990. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Mica a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Mica is a unisex name — 73.4% of the 3,695 Americans given it were girls and 26.6% were boys. It changed hands: since 2022 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 46% girls and 54% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Mica

Where Mica is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org