Micha
Boy · MEE-khah · Hebrew
Micha is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Micha mean?
Hebrew: form of Micah; also a short form of Michael
“who is like God?”
A form of the Hebrew Micah; in German, Dutch and Polish it is also a short form of Michael.
- Say it
- MEE-khah
Is Micha a girl's or a boy's name?
Micha is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 23 boys in the US.
How popular is Micha in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 7 boys.
In 2010, 70% of the babies named Micha in the UK were girls.
Micha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
How popular is Micha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Micha, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,017th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1961. 7 girls were also named Micha in 2025 (11,928th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Micha in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 50% of the babies named Micha in the US in 1974, and 23% in 2025.
Micha in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 29 | #3,772 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 25 | #4,017 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 39 | #2,949 |
| 2010 | 29 | #3,632 |
| 2009 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2008 | 28 | #3,741 |
| 2007 | 36 | #3,133 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,316 |
| 2000 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1999 | 27 | #3,027 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 14 | #3,265 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,675 |
| 1982 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1981 | 19 | #2,495 |
| 1980 | 22 | #2,284 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 14 | #2,928 |
| 1977 | 27 | #1,858 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,507 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,418 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
Names like Micha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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