Spellings
Micah or Mikah?
In the US in 2025, 92% of babies in this name family were spelled Micah and 3% Mikah. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Micah already led in 2015, with 92% of the family's births; it has 94% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 4,091 to 4,061 births, almost unchanged.
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Micah | 3,767 | 3,817 | steady |
| Mikah | 120 | 107 | −11% |
| Mykah | 55 | 36 | −35% |
| Myka | 105 | 50 | −52% |
| Mica | 21 | 23 | +10% |
| Mycah | 23 | 28 | +22% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈmaɪkə/ (MY-kuh). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Micah 20 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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