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How popular is “Micha” in the USA?

Number of people named “Micha” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Micha” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Micha” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Micha” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Micha” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Micha” by birth year

This chart shows how “Micha” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1955 7 0.000001743 7 100%
1956 5 0.000001213 5 100%
1957 5 0.00000119 5 100%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 100%
1961 6 0.000001448 6 -100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 -100%
1963 8 0.000002021 8 100%
1964 5 0.000001286 5 -100%
1965 13 0.000003586 7 6 8%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 100%
1967 13 0.000003829 6 7 -8%
1968 16 0.000004736 9 7 13%
1969 17 0.000004892 11 6 29%
1970 27 0.000007486 18 9 33%
1971 14 0.000004079 14 100%
1972 28 0.000008909 13 15 -7%
1973 29 0.000009613 21 8 45%
1974 34 0.000011184 17 17 0%
1975 38 0.000012585 20 18 5%
1976 31 0.000010217 14 17 -10%
1977 60 0.000018889 33 27 10%
1978 39 0.000012288 25 14 28%
1979 35 0.00001052 21 14 20%
1980 46 0.000013355 24 22 4%
1981 49 0.000014164 30 19 22%
1982 45 0.000012828 20 25 -11%
1983 41 0.000011838 24 17 17%
1984 41 0.000011752 17 24 -17%
1985 48 0.000013449 30 18 25%
1986 36 0.000010121 22 14 22%
1987 49 0.00001359 30 19 22%
1988 38 0.000010284 24 14 26%
1989 38 0.000009884 24 14 26%
1990 58 0.000014674 38 20 31%
1991 42 0.000010782 27 15 29%
1992 37 0.000009632 25 12 35%
1993 47 0.000012466 30 17 28%
1994 45 0.000012104 32 13 42%
1995 43 0.000011742 30 13 40%
1996 41 0.000011242 31 10 51%
1997 37 0.000010205 19 18 3%
1998 35 0.000009516 19 16 9%
1999 47 0.000012724 20 27 -15%
2000 52 0.000013757 24 28 -8%
2001 62 0.000016563 36 26 16%
2002 42 0.000011235 21 21 0%
2003 37 0.000009731 13 24 -30%
2004 51 0.000013348 23 28 -10%
2005 41 0.000010664 28 13 37%
2006 33 0.000008341 16 17 -3%
2007 58 0.000014508 22 36 -24%
2008 53 0.000013484 25 28 -6%
2009 54 0.000014135 20 34 -26%
2010 42 0.000011364 13 29 -38%
2011 56 0.00001531 17 39 -39%
2012 46 0.000012577 23 23 0%
2013 39 0.000010698 14 25 -28%
2014 38 0.000010253 12 26 -37%
2015 42 0.000011349 22 20 5%
2016 30 0.000008177 14 16 -7%
2017 31 0.000008668 8 23 -48%
2018 23 0.000006542 5 18 -57%
2019 34 0.000009796 13 21 -24%
2020 37 0.000011076 12 25 -35%
2021 27 0.000007969 6 21 -56%
2022 37 0.000010937 8 29 -57%
2023 28 0.000008456 6 22 -57%
2024 28 0.000008412 6 22 -57%

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