Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Micah*

#262 most common boys' name of all time · #569 across all names · 89% male / 11% female · used 1946–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#262
Rank overall
#569 of 105,966
First appeared
1946
Years on the list
79 of 146
All-time
133,606
Since 2016
39,838
Peak year
2024 #86
Best rank
#86 2024
Girls Boys peak 4,246/yr
1960198020002020

Micah first appears in 1946. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 291 3,817 4,108 #90
2024 322 3,924 4,246 #86
2023 251 3,897 4,148 #87
2022 217 3,969 4,186 #89
2021 268 3,630 3,898 #107
2020 238 3,414 3,652 #106
2019 281 3,509 3,790 #109
2018 272 3,780 4,052 #103
2017 268 3,711 3,979 #107
2016 281 3,498 3,779 #115
2015 334 3,767 4,101 #105
2014 270 3,666 3,936 #109
2013 294 3,700 3,994 #105
2012 307 3,765 4,072 #103
2011 288 3,772 4,060 #102
2010 319 3,571 3,890 #108
2009 348 3,541 3,889 #118
2008 313 3,528 3,841 #121
2007 379 3,307 3,686 #126
2006 401 2,841 3,242 #145
2005 295 2,714 3,009 #150
2004 344 2,489 2,833 #162
2003 371 2,286 2,657 #173
2002 397 2,224 2,621 #173
2001 399 2,113 2,512 #178
2000 393 1,975 2,368 #186
1999 421 1,739 2,160 #195
1998 415 1,692 2,107 #199
1997 369 1,570 1,939 #202
1996 359 1,478 1,837 #210
1995 348 1,392 1,740 #212
1994 289 1,169 1,458 #246
1993 278 1,203 1,481 #240
1992 270 1,195 1,465 #242
1991 252 1,136 1,388 #245
1990 212 1,180 1,392 #238
1989 179 1,118 1,297 #237
1988 210 1,114 1,324 #224
1987 189 1,064 1,253 #224
1986 184 1,101 1,285 #217
1985 166 1,147 1,313 #208
1984 175 1,113 1,288 #207
1983 162 1,038 1,200 #220
1982 153 1,123 1,276 #216
1981 165 1,165 1,330 #213
1980 133 1,048 1,181 #228
1979 134 1,144 1,278 #205
1978 146 1,006 1,152 #215
1977 104 1,051 1,155 #211
1976 98 900 998 #226
1975 80 790 870 #254
1974 81 694 775 #272
1973 54 527 581 #327
1972 40 373 413 #408
1971 30 269 299 #490
1970 25 225 250 #540
1969 21 173 194 #597
1968 15 130 145 #664
1967 14 129 143 #659
1966 17 108 125 #717
1965 17 117 134 #691
1964 12 96 108 #773
1963 12 95 107 #784
1962 9 110 119 #732
1961 9 103 112 #761
1960 7 73 80 #891
1959 10 65 75 #963
1958 10 31 41 #1,418
1957 22 22 #1,750
1956 5 24 29 #1,641
1955 9 26 35 #1,537
1954 6 15 21 #2,107
1953 12 12 #2,386
1952 14 14 #2,151
1951 13 13 #2,244
1950 16 16 #1,940
1949 17 17 #1,870
1947 5 5 #4,226
1946 5 5 #4,005