Mykah
A variant spelling of the Hebrew name Micah, meaning "who is like God?"
Name Census estimates that about 2,391 living Americans carry the first name Mykah. It appears on both sides of the gender split, with 55.6% of registrations being female. The average person named Mykah today is around 15 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Mykah births was 2011 (133 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Mykah. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Mykah with official rankings and popularity over time.
Key insights
- • Mykah sits in rare territory as a truly gender-neutral name, given to boys and girls in near-equal numbers.
- • Mykah is a relatively new arrival in the SSA data. The average bearer is just 15 years old, meaning it gained most of its traction in the last two decades.
People living today
2.4K
~ 1 in 143,352 Americans
Peak year
2011
133 babies that year
Average age
15
years old
2024 SSA rank
#2,813
Tracked since 1985
Census
Mykah in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,711 people with the first name Mykah, which placed it at #8,477 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#8,477
National first-name rank
People counted
1.7K
1,711 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.6
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
37.7% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Mykah
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Mykah is White at 37.7%. The next largest groups are Black (30.3%) and Two or More Races (14.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Mykah described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Mykah at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White37.7% · 645
- Black or African American30.3% · 519
- Two or more races14.8% · 253
- Hispanic or Latino13.4% · 229
- Asian and Pacific Islander2.2% · 38
- American Indian and Alaska Native1.6% · 27
Gender
Gender distribution for Mykah
Mykah is one of the more evenly split names in the SSA data. Of the 2,417 total registrations, 1,073 (44.4%) were male and 1,344 (55.6%) were female.
Mykah as a male name
- Ranked #2,813 in 2024
- 46 male births in 2024
- Peak: 2011 (55 births)
Mykah as a female name
- Ranked #3,546 in 2024
- 44 female births in 2024
- Peak: 2011 (78 births)
2020 Census snapshot
The 2020 Census sex table shows Mykah on both sides of the split. Of the 1,715 people counted with this name, 694 were male (40.5%) and 1,021 were female (59.5%).
Popularity
Mykah: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Mykah from the 1980s through to the 2020s, spanning 5 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 1,028 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Mykah remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Mykah by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Mykah during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Mykahs live
The SSA's state-level files cover 13 states and territories. Texas, California, Missouri recorded the most babies named Mykah, while Illinois, Georgia, Washington recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 40 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Mykah
The name Mykah is of Hebrew origin and is a variant spelling of the biblical name Micah. The name can be traced back to the Old Testament, where it was borne by one of the Twelve Minor Prophets of the Hebrew Bible.
Micah, from which Mykah is derived, is a Hebrew name meaning "who is like the Lord?" or "who is like Yahweh?" The name is composed of the Hebrew elements "mi" meaning "who" and "cah" meaning "like." Mykah is a modern, alternative spelling of the traditional Hebrew name.
The Book of Micah in the Old Testament is attributed to the prophet Micah, who lived in the 8th century BC during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. The book contains a series of oracles and prophecies concerning the impending judgment of Samaria and Jerusalem.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Mykah can be found in the biblical account of Micah the Levite, who is mentioned in the Book of Judges. This Micah lived in the hill country of Ephraim and made an idol, which was later taken by the Danites.
Throughout history, several notable individuals have borne the name Mykah or its variations. Micah the Morasthite, the prophet from the village of Moresheth-Gath, lived during the reign of King Hezekiah in the 8th century BC and is considered the author of the Book of Micah.
Micah J. Murray (1853-1923) was an American jurist and politician who served as the 19th Governor of Oklahoma from 1915 to 1919. Micah Zenko (born 1977) is an American author and scholar who has written extensively on U.S. national security policy.
Micah Parsons (born 1999) is an American football linebacker currently playing for the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League (NFL). Micah Richards (born 1988) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender and is now a television pundit and commentator.
Micah Sloat (1819-1867) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New York from 1847 to 1851. He is known for his involvement in the anti-rent movement and his advocacy for tenant farmers' rights.
People
Mykah + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Mykah as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with M
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Mykah: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Mykah?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 2,391 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Mykah going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 143,352 US residents.
Is Mykah a common name?
We classify Mykah as "Rare". It ranks above 94.4% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 2,417 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Mykah most popular?
The single biggest year for Mykah was 2011, when 133 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Mykah is about 15 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Mykah in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,711 people with the name Mykah, or 0.57 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #8,477 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Mykah in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Mykah?
The 2020 Census sex table shows Mykah on both sides of the split. Of the 1,715 people counted with this name, 694 were male (40.5%) and 1,021 were female (59.5%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Mykah?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Mykah is White at 37.7%. The next largest groups are Black (30.3%) and Two or More Races (14.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Mykah most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Mykah in the 2020 Census, accounting for 37.7% (645 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Mykah in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Mykah a female name?
Yes, 55.6% of people registered as Mykah in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Mykah still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Mykah in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Mykah can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many Americans are named Mykah?
For a faster, more casual read, check HowManyOfMe.org — our sister site built around that single question.