Micah vs Michaelene
American parents have registered 133,606 Micahs since 1880, against 1,429 Michaelenes. Micah is still ahead, with 4,108 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Micah Michaelene
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 92 years in which either name was published, Micah for 68 years and Michaelene for 24 years. The lead changed hands once.
- 1933–1957 Michaelene ahead
- 1958–2025 Micah ahead
Side by side
| Micah | Michaelene | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 133,606 | 1,429 |
| Most in one year | 4,246 | 69 |
| Babies in 2025 | 4,108 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 131,000 | 1,100 |
| Median age today | 16 | 66 |
| Peak year | 2022 | 1949 |
| Best rank | 89th boys | 1,077th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 90th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1946 | 1933 |
| Girls / boys | 14,035 / 119,571 | 1,429 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Michaelenes alive today are over 66; half the Micahs are over 16. That is 50 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Micah Hawaii (4.8×), Alaska (2.4×), Nevada (1.6×)
- Michaelene Pennsylvania (8.3×), Illinois (7.0×), Michigan (1.4×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Micah and Michaelene.