Mikah
Masculine · “who is like the Lord?”
Mikah is given to both — 3,379 boys and 1,682 girls since 1880. See Mikah as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Mikah respells Micah, and the prophet's Hebrew name is a question — who is like the Lord? — asked rhetorically, and expecting no answer.
How old is the name Mikah?
Mikah first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Mikah alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 3,300 people named Mikah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Mikah most popular?
Mikah peaked in 2009, reaching #1085 nationally. Today it ranks #1585, 500 places below that high. See the whole 2009 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Mikhayahu to Mikah
The story of Mikah
Micah is one of the twelve minor prophets, and his book contains the line about doing justice and loving mercy that has been quoted in more speeches than almost any other. The name rose sharply in American use from the 1970s, and the -kah respelling followed. Mikah appears in the registers from the 1990s and is in current use.
Meaning
who is like the Lord?
From the Hebrew Mikhah, a shortening of Mikhayahu — mi, 'who', ka, 'like', and Yahu, the divine name. It is a rhetorical question rather than a statement. Michael is built from the same three elements, which makes the two names cousins by construction rather than by descent.
How the name formed
- Mikhayahu
- Mikhah
- Micah
- Mikah
Related forms: Micah · Mikhah · Michael
Pronouncing Mikah
MY-kuh
Two syllables, stress on the first. Mikah and Micah are said identically; Hebrew Mikhah has a throat sound in the middle.
Nicknames for Mikah
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1972
- Most boys named
- 2009171 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1085reached in 2009
- Change vs 2024
- +0.9%107 in 2025, from 106
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Mikah in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Micah in English — spelling variant
- Mikhah in Hebrew — related form
- Michael in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Mikahs among us
people named Mikah are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 15,963 born in 2025 was named Mikah
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Mikah
- #1585
- Mikah on the 2025 chart
- #84
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Mikah went to 107 boys in 2025, but Micah, Mykah and Mika and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 7 spellings went to 4,065, which makes it the 84th most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,501 places above the chart.
and 1 rarer spelling.
About 1 boy in 420 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 15,963 for Mikah itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Duran test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Mikah's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Duran climbed just as high around 1984, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Duran's path sketches the road Mikah is walking now.
Mikah sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Mikah is headed
Mikah should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Mikah beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Mikah in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The name is a rhetorical question, which is a rare and interesting shape.
- One of the most-quoted verses in the Hebrew Bible is his.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- Micah is the standard spelling and will be assumed.
- It is thoroughly unisex in American use.
- Mika and Micah are close enough to be constantly confused.
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Masculine · #1585 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Mikahs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,300 people named Mikah are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Mikah?
- Mikah is one of 6 recorded spellings. Micah is the more common one — 3,817 births in 2025 against 107 for Mikah.
- How popular is the name Mikah in 2025?
- Mikah ranks #1585 among US boy names in 2025, with 107 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Mikah?
- About 1 in every 15,963 US boys born in 2025 was named Mikah — 107 in all.
- Will my child share the name Mikah with classmates?
- Mikah will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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