Given name

Michah

Michah is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Michah isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Michah through the years

Babies since 1880
397
380 boys · 17 girls
Most popular year
2001
15 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−31%
Easing
Boys Girls
02468198020002025Highest share 2001Boys 0.0Girls 0.0
Michah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1976–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 392 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Michah, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Mikial

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

MacGuire

“the son of the beige one”

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Maxamus

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Molik

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Marchelo

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Issaih

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Maycon

Maycon is a masculine given name. It is used in Portuguese.

11Very rare

>99% boys

Modern

Martinjr

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Michah’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Michah

A sister for Michah