Given name & surname
Mica
“who is like (Yahweh)?”
In English use, Mica has a related form in Micah. One interpretation is “who is like (Yahweh)?.”
Original Hebrewמיכה
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Mica has a related form in Micah. One interpretation is “who is like (Yahweh)?.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Mica has a related form in Micah. The history of Micah gives this family its wider story. Micah appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Mica appears in 2 Samuel 9:12, Nehemiah 10:11, Nehemiah 11:22 and 7 other passages.
- 2 Samuel 9:12
- Nehemiah 10:11
- Nehemiah 11:22
- Judges 17:5
- Judges 17:1
- Judges 17:4
- Micah 1:1
- 2 Chronicles 18:14
- 2 Chronicles 18:8
- Jeremiah 26:18
From biblical name research
Mica through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,695
- 982 boys · 2,713 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 115 babies
- 2025
- 43
- #4,488 for boys · #6,046 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +2%
- Steady
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 54% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 23 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,488 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 5.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 20 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,649 as a first name in 2020; 302 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mica’s family of names
In English usage, Mica has a related form in Micah. In Romanian usage, Mica has a conventional equivalent in the German form Micha.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 4
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Mica
- Mica LeviEnglish singer, songwriter and composerborn 1987
- Mica ParisEnglish soul/jazz singerborn 1969
- Mica ArgañarazArgentine fashion model and artistborn 1990
- Mica MooreBritish bobsledderborn 1992
- Mica BurtonAmerican actress, cosplayer, and hostborn 1994
- Mica McNeillBritish bobsledderborn 1993
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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