Mikiah
The Story of Mikiah
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Mikiah as a girl name dates back to 1991, when 7 babies received it. 2005 was its biggest year on record, with 37 newborns named Mikiah — #3,876 in the national rankings. About 57% of every Mikiah on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Mikiah last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 454 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Mikiah on the record books as a boy name in 1997, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2005, when 13 Mikiahs were born — ranking #5,875 that year. About 56% of every Mikiah on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Mikiah last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 136 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Mikiah
Mikiah is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1991 and has accumulated 454 births in the dataset. Mikiah's peak popularity came in 2005 when it ranked #3,876. Use the chart and map above to compare Mikiah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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