Micah

While Micah is traditionally a boy name, it is now increasingly used for girls too, likely because it works as an alternative to Michaela, Maia, and McKenna. Still, Micaiah, the name from which Micah is derived, is a unisex name in the Bible, so it seems plausible that its contracted form might be used as such too.

Micah had been in the US Top 1000 since the 1980s, dropped off in 2022, only to return in 2024 when it was one of the fastest rising names of the year. While it was used 12 times more often on boys in the States, more than 320 girls received the name that year. Notable namesakes include Canadian ice hockey player Micah Zandee-Hart, singer Micah Marah, and Olympic swimmer Micah Lawrence Sumrall. TV personality, actress, and social media star Micah Lussier may also have helped to bring this name back into the public eye.

If you like Micah but would prefer something more established as a feminine name, you could try the original, Biblical Micaiah, the German variant of Mary, Meike, which is pronounced the same, or perhaps on-trend Myla, a feminine form of Miles.

Pronounced MY-kuh.

As of October 2026, Micah ranked #909 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #582 in 1998.