Mykiah
Of African origin, meaning "who resembles God".
Name Census estimates that about 259 living Americans carry the first name Mykiah. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Mykiah today is around 20 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Mykiah births was 2004 (22 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Mykiah. 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.
People living today
259
~ 1 in 1,323,376 Americans
Peak year
2004
22 babies that year
Average age
20
years old
2021 SSA rank
#14,713
Tracked since 1995
Census
Mykiah in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 230 people with the first name Mykiah, which placed it at #35,134 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
#35,134
National first-name rank
People counted
230
230 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Black or African American
63.9% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Mykiah
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Mykiah is Black at 63.9%. The next largest groups are White (20.4%) and Two or More Races (8.7%). 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 Mykiah 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 Mykiah at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Black or African American63.9% · 147
- White20.4% · 47
- Two or more races8.7% · 20
- Hispanic or Latino3.5% · 8
- American Indian and Alaska Native3.0% · 7
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.4% · 1
Popularity
Mykiah: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Mykiah from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 161 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Mykiah 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 Mykiah during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Mykiah
The name Mykiah is of Hebrew origin, derived from the biblical name Micah, which means "who is like Yahweh?" or "one who resembles God." It can also be traced back to the Hebrew root "mkh," meaning "to strike" or "to humble." The name Micah appears in the Old Testament as the name of one of the Twelve Minor Prophets of the Hebrew Bible.
The earliest recorded use of the name Micah dates back to the 8th century BC, when the biblical prophet Micah lived and prophesied in the Kingdom of Judah. His prophecies are recorded in the Book of Micah, one of the books of the Old Testament. The name gained popularity among Jewish communities due to its religious significance.
In the 4th century AD, Saint Micah was a Christian martyr who was put to death during the Diocletian persecution in Rome. His feast day is celebrated on September 25th in the Roman Catholic Church, further contributing to the name's prevalence in Christian traditions.
One of the earliest recorded individuals with the name Mykiah was Mykiah ibn Masud al-Bahili, an Arab poet who lived in the 8th century AD during the Abbasid Caliphate. He was renowned for his expertise in Arabic language and literature.
Another notable figure was Mykiah al-Kharqi, a Muslim scholar and philosopher from the 9th century AD, known for his contributions to the fields of logic and metaphysics in the Islamic Golden Age.
In the 12th century, Mykiah ben Yosef ibn Ezra, a Jewish philosopher and poet from Spain, gained recognition for his works on Jewish theology and his poetic compositions in Hebrew.
During the Renaissance period, Mykiah Mileti was an Italian mathematician and astronomer from the 16th century, known for his work on the reform of the Julian calendar and his contributions to the field of astronomy.
In more recent history, Mykiah Pollard was an African American civil rights activist and educator from the 20th century, who played a significant role in the desegregation of schools and the advancement of equal educational opportunities for Black students in the United States.
People
Mykiah + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Mykiah 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
Mykiah: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Mykiah?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 259 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Mykiah 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 1,323,376 US residents.
Is Mykiah a common name?
We classify Mykiah as "Very Rare". It ranks above 77.5% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 263 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Mykiah most popular?
The single biggest year for Mykiah was 2004, when 22 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Mykiah is about 20 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Mykiah in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 230 people with the name Mykiah, or 0.08 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #35,134 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 Mykiah 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 Mykiah?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Mykiah leans strongly female. 206 people counted with this name were female (91.2%), compared with 20 male bearers (8.8%). 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 Mykiah?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Mykiah is Black at 63.9%. The next largest groups are White (20.4%) and Two or More Races (8.7%). 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 Mykiah most often in the Census?
Black is the largest reported group for people named Mykiah in the 2020 Census, accounting for 63.9% (147 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 Mykiah in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Mykiah a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Mykiah 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 Mykiah still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Mykiah 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 Mykiah 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 people have Mykiah as a first name?
If you just want to know how many Americans are named Mykiah, HowManyOfMe.org gives you the headline number in one glance.