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Mika

#1,641 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Mika has been given to 8,114 babies in the U.S. since 1954. In 2025 it ranked #1,641 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2017, with 203 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 83% girls, 17% boys all-time.

Babies named Mika, 2025

1 in 26,100

Mika over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Mika over time

In 2025, Mika went to 79% girls and 21% boys.

19542025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Mika: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Japanese, Hebrew, Danish and the Bible

What Mika means

Mika has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: “who is like yahweh”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

* (Japanese given name): Borrowed from Japanese みか (Mika). * (Hebrew given name): From Hebrew מִיכָה (mīḵāh)

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Mika (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Mika is used in English, Faroese, Finnish, French, Greenlandic, Hawaiian, Portuguese and Serbo-Croatian. Its origins include Japanese, Hebrew, Danish and the Bible.

Mika comes through Japanese みか and Hebrew מִיכָה.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Micah, מִיכַיְהוּ, Mikael, Michael, Mikaali, Micael and みか.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Mika is pronounced /ˈmikɑ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,752 girls were recorded with the name Mika between 1954 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 203 in 2017; its best national rank was #1,198 in 2017.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,382 in 2020 to #1,641 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,231 in 2015 to #1,641 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,362 boys were recorded with the name Mika between 1960 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 50 in 2019; its best national rank was #2,522 in 1974.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,776 in 2020 to #3,421 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,795 in 2015 to #3,421 in 2025.

How common is Mika?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 26,100
127 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 12,700
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,641
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
18,095 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Mika sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 18,095 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mika. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mikas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mika was born before 2005 — so the typical Mika is around 20 today.

Median birth year
2005
About 20 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
27.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
59.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
6,752
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 27.2% of all recorded uses (1,836).

Is Mika rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−101
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−259
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−410
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.63×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
62.6%
Peak was 2017 (203)
Years since peak
8
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
9.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,198
2017

Spellings of Mika

Mika is not the most common spelling — Lisa is, with 24.9% against Mika's 0.17%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Mika is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Mika was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 474 girls, against 1 in 10,011 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 50,000).

2211 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Hawaii1 in 474
  2. 2California1 in 4,762
  3. 3Washington1 in 4,762
  4. 4Nevada1 in 6,667
  5. 5New York1 in 6,667
  6. 6Colorado1 in 10,000
  7. 7Florida1 in 10,000
  8. 8Oregon1 in 11,111

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Mika is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Mika was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 297,389 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3North Carolina1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —
  5. 5Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Mika has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Mika around the world

Where Mika ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1998–2025
    #2,278
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2003–2015
    #653
    in 2015
  • France
    1996–2025
    #3,884
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,151
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1956–2012
    #563
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Mika

People whose public names include Mika, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Mika in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Mika. Linked forms have their own page here.

MihaiMikkoMichelMiguelMihaelMikaelMikailMiquelMichaelMichailMichielMikhailMykolasMykhailoMichałMihkelMihály

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Mika by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,641
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 259
Best rank ever
#1,198
2017
Peak year
2017
203 that year
First recorded
1954
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,752
Count in 2025
127

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,421
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 355
Best rank ever
#2,522
1974
Peak year
2019
50 that year
First recorded
1960
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,362
Count in 2025
34

Names similar to Mika

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Mika

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Mika, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

FarahKerenDalilaEleniPriyaRainaLiannaDaniaMalinaYaelDevorahShoshana

Sibling names for Mika

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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