Recorded 1972–2025 · United States
Mikah was most popular in 2013, when 223 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,000 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,929, with 132 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 5,061 people named Mikah.
Mikah first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1972, which makes it about 53 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 53 of the 54 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 5,061 American births named Mikah between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 4,999 are estimated to be alive today.
132 American babies were named Mikah in 2025, ranking #2,929 that year.
Mikah is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 154 births a year, against 195 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -21% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Mikah is a unisex name — 33.2% of the 5,061 Americans given it were girls and 66.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 2002 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 21% girls and 79% 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.
Roughly 4,999 Americans named Mikah are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 15 years old, and half are between 9 and 22.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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