Micha

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Micha: Recorded since 1996, it reached #896 in 2018, and it stood at #2,730 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#896highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2020

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1112
1997	#1365
1998	#1319
1999	#1060
2000	#1250
2001	#2466
2002	#2540
2003	#1843
2004	#2278
2005	#3382
2006	#2781
2007	#2410
2008	#2721
2009	#3422
2010	#3156
2011	#4764
2018	#5666
2020	#5493

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 18 of the 25 years from 1996 to 2020.

In 2018: #896 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5666 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1112 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #2730 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Boys

Micha appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 18 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 160 births with the name.

Micha across 2 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.

Micha'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 · Girls	#1112 (1996)	#1060 (1999)	#5493 (2020)	18 of 25	160 (1996–2020)	19 (1999)
England and Wales · Boys	#3158 (2008)	#2730 (2021)	#2730 (2021)	4 of 14	18 (2008–2021)	7 (2021)

Micha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Micha in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	63	4 of 10	16
2000sbusiest	80	10 of 10	8
2010s	14	3 of 10	5
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Micha 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #896 in Republic of Ireland in 2018.

Micha'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
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2278	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1250	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1060	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1319	14	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1365	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1112	17	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2021, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #896, first reached in 2018.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2018, and 22 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.

Micaiah · #1108, 23y
Miceal · #159, 35y
Michael · #1, 81y
Michael-James · #3079, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Aphra · #896, 21y
Caia · #896, 19y
Elisse · #896, 21y
Haylie · #896, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aphra · #896, 21y
Caia · #896, 19y
Deryn · #896, 26y
Elisse · #896, 21y

Micha was ranked #896 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2018. 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.

Micha 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 Micha without appearing here.

Micha moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2466 and #2023 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2540 and #3409.

Moved ahead of Micha

Jesse Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3156 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #1489.
Shea Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3156 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2901.
Francis Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3422 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #3178.
Evan Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4764 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #3518.

Moved the opposite way to Micha

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Micha went from #1112 to #5493 while Ada went from #2683 to #38.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Micha went from #1112 to #5493 while Alma went from #2096 to #304.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Micha went from #1112 to #5493 while Alyssa went from #783 to #213.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Micha went from #1112 to #5493 while Amalie went from #2096 to #992.

Moved the same way as Micha

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Micha went from #1112 to #5493 and Abigail from #21 to #87.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Micha went from #1112 to #5493 and Aimee from #70 to #749.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Micha went from #1112 to #5493 and Aisling from #440 to #1556.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2020 in England and Wales · Girls, Micha went from #1112 to #5493 and Alex from #161 to #1556.

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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #896 in Republic of Ireland in 2018. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Micha

Micha at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Micha across 2 official records

Micha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Micha appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Micha at a glance

Micha across 2 official records

Micha by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Micha 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 Micha

Micha and the names beside it

Micha moved ahead of

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