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Micalah

Girl · mi-KAY-la · Hebrew

Micalah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Micalah mean?

Hebrew: spelling of Micala, itself a variant of Michaela, the feminine form of Michael

“who is like God?”

A respelling of Michaela, the feminine form of Michael.

Say it
mi-KAY-la

Meaning borrowed from Micala.

Is Micalah a girl's or a boy's name?

Micalah is a girls' name.

How popular is Micalah in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1995, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1993.

Half of all the girls named Micalah in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.

1993Busiest: 22 in 19952005
Micalah in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20055#16,455
20040–
20036#13,837
20028#11,102
20015#15,345
200015#6,802
199912#7,710
199813#7,099
199717#5,622
199615#6,059
199522#4,513
199412#7,091
19935#13,435

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