Mykiah
Of African origin, meaning "who resembles God".
Name Census estimates that about 259 living Americans carry the first name Mykiah. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Mykiah today is around 20 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Mykiah births was 2004 (22 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Mykiah. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
259
~ 1 in 1,323,376 Americans
Peak year
2004
22 babies that year
Average age
20
years old
2021 SSA rank
#14,713
Tracked since 1995
Popularity
Mykiah: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Mykiah from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 161 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Mykiah by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Mykiah during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Mykiah
The name Mykiah is of Hebrew origin, derived from the biblical name Micah, which means "who is like Yahweh?" or "one who resembles God." It can also be traced back to the Hebrew root "mkh," meaning "to strike" or "to humble." The name Micah appears in the Old Testament as the name of one of the Twelve Minor Prophets of the Hebrew Bible.
The earliest recorded use of the name Micah dates back to the 8th century BC, when the biblical prophet Micah lived and prophesied in the Kingdom of Judah. His prophecies are recorded in the Book of Micah, one of the books of the Old Testament. The name gained popularity among Jewish communities due to its religious significance.
In the 4th century AD, Saint Micah was a Christian martyr who was put to death during the Diocletian persecution in Rome. His feast day is celebrated on September 25th in the Roman Catholic Church, further contributing to the name's prevalence in Christian traditions.
One of the earliest recorded individuals with the name Mykiah was Mykiah ibn Masud al-Bahili, an Arab poet who lived in the 8th century AD during the Abbasid Caliphate. He was renowned for his expertise in Arabic language and literature.
Another notable figure was Mykiah al-Kharqi, a Muslim scholar and philosopher from the 9th century AD, known for his contributions to the fields of logic and metaphysics in the Islamic Golden Age.
In the 12th century, Mykiah ben Yosef ibn Ezra, a Jewish philosopher and poet from Spain, gained recognition for his works on Jewish theology and his poetic compositions in Hebrew.
During the Renaissance period, Mykiah Mileti was an Italian mathematician and astronomer from the 16th century, known for his work on the reform of the Julian calendar and his contributions to the field of astronomy.
In more recent history, Mykiah Pollard was an African American civil rights activist and educator from the 20th century, who played a significant role in the desegregation of schools and the advancement of equal educational opportunities for Black students in the United States.
People
Mykiah + last name combinations
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Related
Other names starting with M
Other first names starting with M with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Mykiah: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Mykiah?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 259 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Mykiah going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,323,376 US residents.
Is Mykiah a common name?
We classify Mykiah as "Very Rare". It ranks above 77.5% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 263 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Mykiah most popular?
The single biggest year for Mykiah was 2004, when 22 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Mykiah is about 20 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Mykiah a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Mykiah in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.