Is Mykah a boy or girl name?

Mykah is a unisex name. Of the 2,491 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 55.4% were girls and 44.6% were boys. It changed hands in 2018, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Mykah

Recorded 1985–2025 · United States

Mykah was most popular in 2011, when 133 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,863 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,430, with 71 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,491 people named Mykah.

Mykah over time

Births per year. The dot marks Mykah’s peak in 2011. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Mykah a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Mykah is a unisex name — 55.4% of the 2,491 Americans given it were girls and 44.6% were boys. It changed hands: since 2018 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 Mykah

Where Mykah 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