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“who is like Yahweh”
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English (Southern England)
01 / Meaning & origin
Micah is a masculine given name documented in English. English Wiktionary traces it to Hebrew מִיכָה, with the stated meaning “who is like Yahweh”.
Separate records with matching spellings: Micah (English)
Meaning: “who is like Yahweh”
From Hebrew מִיכָה (mīḵāh), shortened form of מִיכַיְהוּ (mīḵāyᵊhū, “who is like Yahweh”).
02 / Across borders
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United States, 2025: 3,817 boys (rank 90). Documented as a given name in English.
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03 / By the numbers
Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.
1880–2025 Spelling: Micah
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Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Applications | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1881 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1882 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1883 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1884 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1885 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1886 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1887 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1888 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1889 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1890 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1891 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1892 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1893 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1894 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1895 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1896 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1897 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1898 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1899 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1900 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1901 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1902 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1903 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1904 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1905 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1906 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1907 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1908 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1909 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1910 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1911 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1912 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1913 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1914 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1915 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1916 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1917 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1918 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1919 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1920 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1921 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1922 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1923 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1924 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1925 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1926 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1927 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1928 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1929 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1930 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1931 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1932 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1933 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1934 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1935 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1936 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1937 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1938 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1939 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1940 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1941 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1942 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1943 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1944 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1945 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1946 | 5 | 3,525 | observed |
| 1947 | 5 | 3,733 | observed |
| 1948 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1949 | 17 | 1,820 | observed |
| 1950 | 16 | 1,879 | observed |
| 1951 | 13 | 2,135 | observed |
| 1952 | 14 | 2,073 | observed |
| 1953 | 12 | 2,287 | observed |
| 1954 | 15 | 2,044 | observed |
| 1955 | 26 | 1,503 | observed |
| 1956 | 24 | 1,608 | observed |
| 1957 | 22 | 1,715 | observed |
| 1958 | 31 | 1,396 | observed |
| 1959 | 65 | 950 | observed |
| 1960 | 73 | 891 | observed |
| 1961 | 103 | 758 | observed |
| 1962 | 110 | 729 | observed |
| 1963 | 95 | 781 | observed |
| 1964 | 96 | 772 | observed |
| 1965 | 117 | 688 | observed |
| 1966 | 108 | 713 | observed |
| 1967 | 129 | 655 | observed |
| 1968 | 130 | 660 | observed |
| 1969 | 173 | 592 | observed |
| 1970 | 225 | 539 | observed |
| 1971 | 269 | 490 | observed |
| 1972 | 373 | 407 | observed |
| 1973 | 527 | 327 | observed |
| 1974 | 694 | 272 | observed |
| 1975 | 790 | 254 | observed |
| 1976 | 900 | 226 | observed |
| 1977 | 1,051 | 211 | observed |
| 1978 | 1,006 | 215 | observed |
| 1979 | 1,144 | 205 | observed |
| 1980 | 1,048 | 228 | observed |
| 1981 | 1,165 | 213 | observed |
| 1982 | 1,123 | 216 | observed |
| 1983 | 1,038 | 220 | observed |
| 1984 | 1,113 | 207 | observed |
| 1985 | 1,147 | 208 | observed |
| 1986 | 1,101 | 217 | observed |
| 1987 | 1,064 | 224 | observed |
| 1988 | 1,114 | 224 | observed |
| 1989 | 1,118 | 237 | observed |
| 1990 | 1,180 | 238 | observed |
| 1991 | 1,136 | 245 | observed |
| 1992 | 1,195 | 242 | observed |
| 1993 | 1,203 | 240 | observed |
| 1994 | 1,169 | 246 | observed |
| 1995 | 1,392 | 212 | observed |
| 1996 | 1,478 | 209 | observed |
| 1997 | 1,570 | 202 | observed |
| 1998 | 1,692 | 199 | observed |
| 1999 | 1,739 | 195 | observed |
| 2000 | 1,975 | 186 | observed |
| 2001 | 2,113 | 178 | observed |
| 2002 | 2,224 | 173 | observed |
| 2003 | 2,286 | 173 | observed |
| 2004 | 2,489 | 161 | observed |
| 2005 | 2,714 | 150 | observed |
| 2006 | 2,841 | 145 | observed |
| 2007 | 3,307 | 126 | observed |
| 2008 | 3,528 | 121 | observed |
| 2009 | 3,541 | 118 | observed |
| 2010 | 3,571 | 108 | observed |
| 2011 | 3,772 | 102 | observed |
| 2012 | 3,765 | 103 | observed |
| 2013 | 3,700 | 105 | observed |
| 2014 | 3,666 | 109 | observed |
| 2015 | 3,767 | 105 | observed |
| 2016 | 3,498 | 115 | observed |
| 2017 | 3,711 | 107 | observed |
| 2018 | 3,780 | 103 | observed |
| 2019 | 3,509 | 109 | observed |
| 2020 | 3,414 | 106 | observed |
| 2021 | 3,630 | 107 | observed |
| 2022 | 3,969 | 89 | observed |
| 2023 | 3,897 | 87 | observed |
| 2024 | 3,924 | 86 | observed |
| 2025 | 3,817 | 90 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Micah” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0
Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Micah— “who is like the Lord”
Micah, _m._ _Eng._ Heb. who is like the Lord, 54
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.
English footballer (born 1988)
American volleyball player
Kenyan long-distance runner (b. 1986)
American rower
American actor
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
British Columbia — 100 Years of Popular Baby Names (first names used 5 or more times), 1926-2025
Government of British Columbia, Vital Statistics Agency · OGL-BC (Open Government License - British Columbia; version not stated on the page) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario first baby names, 1913–2023 (verified redistribution)
Government of Ontario; redistributed by helloharun · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ontario top baby names, historical archive 1917–2013
Government of Ontario (Office of the Registrar General) · OGL-ON-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
National Records of Scotland — Babies' First Names: all first forenames given to 3 or more babies, Scotland, 1974-2025
National Records of Scotland (NRS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Ireland — babies' first names with three or more occurrences, 1964–2025
Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Netherlands — SVB newborn names from child-benefit administration, 2017–2025
Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB), Netherlands · Dutch public-sector database reuse assessment; no standard publisher licence stated · retrieved 2026-10-15
New Zealand — DIA published top 100 baby first names per sex, 1954–2025
Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), New Zealand · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce — first given names of children, PESEL register, 2000-2025 (national)
Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji (Ministry of Digital Affairs), Poland — PESEL register; published on dane.gov.pl · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Baby names in England and Wales: 2025 (boys and girls workbooks, Table 6: all published names)
Office for National Statistics (ONS) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages — Popular Baby Names (annual top 100 per gender), 1952-2025
NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (via data.nsw.gov.au) · CC-BY (Creative Commons Attribution; version not stated on the record) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Top 100 Baby Names per sex, 2018-2025
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
