Micah

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Micah: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Micah: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #43, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
95times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#43highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1998	#2701
1999	#2189
2000	#3247
2002	#4137
2003	#2727
2004	#3725
2005	#3970
2006	#2781
2007	#1965
2008	#1914
2009	#2759
2010	#2104
2011	#2275
2012	#4171
2014	#5691
2015	#5730
2016	#2547
2017	#4763
2018	#5666
2019	#4686
2020	#3447
2021	#3961
2022	#3533
2023	#2927
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2025: #97 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, #468 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #454 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2016–2023
Highest recorded position: #43 among boys in New Zealand, in 2023 (recorded 2016–2023).
New Zealand · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #468 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Micah appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 3,710 births with the name.

Micah across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Micah's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#454 (1996)	#190 (2024)	#190 (2024)	29 of 29	3,710 (1996–2024)	263 (2024)
England and Wales · Girls	#3824 (1997)	#1914 (2008)	#3318 (2024)	26 of 28	163 (1997–2024)	13 (2008)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#241 (1999)	#106 (2023)	#118 (2024)	19 of 26	296 (1999–2024)	24 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#629 (2007)	#374 (2017)	#468 (2025)	13 of 19	70 (2007–2025)	10 (2017)
New Zealand · Boys	#98 (2016)	#43 (2023)	#43 (2023)	6 of 8	341 (2016–2023)	79 (2023)

Micah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Micah in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	153	4 of 10	38
2000s	800	10 of 10	80
2010s	1,661	10 of 10	166
2020sbusiest	1,096	5 of 10	219

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 219 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2006 and 2007, when recorded births rose by 72, from 63 to 135.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Micah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #43 in New Zealand in 2023.

Micah's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#190	263	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2927	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#216	228	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#225	224	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#243	204	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#264	177	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#271	178	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#262	195	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#308	162	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#261	202	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#322	143	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#313	147	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#299	149	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#290	158	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2275	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#279	159	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2104	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#274	168	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#268	165	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1914	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#251	172	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1965	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#289	135	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#485	63	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#445	63	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#566	45	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#490	49	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#600	33	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#576	33	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#472	42	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#440	49	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#600	30	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#554	32	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#454	42	High	Verified
2025	New South Wales, Australia	male	#97	90	Insufficient	Not yet available
2023	New Zealand	male	#43	79	High	Verified
2022	New Zealand	male	#94	50	High	Verified
2021	New Zealand	male	#87	56	High	Verified
2020	New Zealand	male	#91	53	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	male	#91	51	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	male	#98	52	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#118	18	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#106	24	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#125	20	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#125	21	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#186	11	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#160	15	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#161	15	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#147	18	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#127	23	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#159	16	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#152	18	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#132	20	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#167	15	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#168	15	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#188	12	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#211	10	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#152	17	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#241	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	9	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#374	10	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#246	16	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #43, first reached in 2023.

It held a top-100 place in 7 years, 5 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 263 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 29 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Micaela · #417, 30y
Micaiah · #1108, 23y
Miceal · #159, 35y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Mikayla · #42, 31y
Piper · #42, 29y
Pippa · #44, 30y
Aaliyah · #41, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Caelan · #43, 30y
Reggie · #43, 30y
Curtis · #44, 33y
Destiny · #44, 29y

Micah was ranked #43 in New Zealand · Boys in 2023. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Micah and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Micah without appearing here.

Micah moved ahead of

Max Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3533 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2927 and #5687.
Jeanette Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5666 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Teddy Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2927 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Cian Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2781 and #5061.

Moved ahead of Micah

Meabh Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4171 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #2314.
Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2547 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #4763 and #2201.
Dylan Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2275 and #2432 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4171 and #1720.
Liv Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3247 and #3912 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #2105.

Moved the opposite way to Micah

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Micah went from #454 to #190 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Micah went from #454 to #190 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Micah went from #454 to #190 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Micah went from #454 to #190 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Micah

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Micah went from #454 to #190 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Micah went from #454 to #190 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Micah went from #454 to #190 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Micah went from #454 to #190 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #43 in New Zealand in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Micah

Micah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Micah across 5 official records

Micah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Micah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Micah

Micah and the names beside it

Micah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Micah

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Moved the same way as Micah

Micah at a glance

Micah across 5 official records

Micah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Micah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Micah

Micah and the names beside it

Micah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Micah

Moved the opposite way to Micah

Moved the same way as Micah