Mica
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Mica is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Mica mean?
Hebrew
A unisex given name from Hebrew, variant of Micah.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Mica a girl's or a boy's name?
Mica is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls and 23 boys in the US.
How popular is Mica in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 82 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mica in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2005. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Mica in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,679 |
| 2007 | 22 | #1,327 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,614 |
| 2005 | 22 | #1,215 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,488 |
| 2003 | 21 | #1,156 |
| 2002 | 18 | #1,225 |
| 2001 | 25 | #955 |
| 2000 | 46 | #635 |
| 1999 | 69 | #481 |
| 1998 | 82 | #425 |
| 1997 | 42 | #670 |
| 1996 | 67 | #477 |
How popular is Mica in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Mica, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 1979, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1959. 20 girls were also named Mica in 2025 (5,916th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Mica in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 4,041 boys in the US were given Mica or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #92, up from #4,395 for this spelling alone.
In 1968, 80% of the babies named Mica in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 47%, with more boys than girls since 2022.
Mica in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,387 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 25 | #3,993 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 28 | #1,903 |
| 1978 | 25 | #1,965 |
| 1977 | 21 | #2,202 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1975 | 22 | #2,064 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 21 | #1,981 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 16 | #2,365 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 10 | #2,860 |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
Names like Mica
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica Molly Mia Francesca Jasmine Hannah Mara Melissa Amber Leah Lara Michelle
Other spellings of Mica
Names related to Mica
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mica: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mica, updated 20 October 2026.