Mikko

#2,470 in 2025Boys' name

Who is like God?, through Mikael

Mikko has been given to 879 babies in the U.S. since 1974. In 2025 it ranked #2,470 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 55 recorded.

Babies named Mikko, 2025

1 in 60,300

Mikko over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Mikko: meaning, origin, and history

Who is like God?, through Mikael

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Mikko means

Mikko belongs to the name family reached through Mikko → Mikael. Its meaning is “who is like God?”.

Origin, language, and formation

Mikko is used in Finnish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Mikael.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Mikko is pronounced /ˈmikːo/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 854 boys were recorded with the name Mikko between 1974 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 55 in 2025; its best national rank was #2,470 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,010 in 2020 to #2,470 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,751 in 2015 to #2,470 in 2025.

In the United States, 25 girls were recorded with the name Mikko between 1969 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2019; its best national rank was #8,245 in 1969.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Mikko?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 60,300; 55 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 31,100; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #2,470; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 41,781 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Mikko sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 41,781 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mikko. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mikkos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mikko was born before 2015 — so the typical Mikko is around 10 today.

Median birth year: 2015; About 10 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 37.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 86.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 854; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 37.6% of all recorded uses (321).

Is Mikko 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: +785; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +540; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +281; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.25×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (55)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,470; 2025

Spellings of Mikko

Mikko is not the most common spelling — Mike is, with 67.5% against Mikko's 0.28%.

Mike67.5%205,861
Milo14.4%43,847
Niko4.8%14,629
Mikel3.8%11,559
Nikko1.5%4,526
Marko1.5%4,439
Mikah1.1%3,379
Mikal1.1%3,334

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 Mikko is used

Across 1910–2025, Mikko was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 166,803 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

04 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Minnesota1 in 25,000
2Colorado1 in 100,000
3California1 in —
4Texas1 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. Mikko has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Mikko around the world

Where Mikko 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
2006–2015
#4,747
in 2015
Canada
2005–2024
#1,817
in 2024
South Australia
1959–2002
#606
in 2002

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Mikko by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #2,470
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 540
Best rank ever: #2,470; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 55 that year
First recorded: 1974
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 854
Count in 2025: 55

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #8,245; 1969
Peak year: 2019; 10 that year
First recorded: 1969
Last recorded: 2022
All-time count: 25
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Mikko

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

Mikai Miklo Mikey Mikkel Miko Mikail Mika Mikell Mikal Mikah Mikale Miking Mikeal Mikhael Mikaeel Mikhai Mikie Mikhi Mikel Mikael Mikolaj Nikko Mikhail Mikaele

Sibling names for Mikko

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

For a sister

Leonor Keren Eloisa Shoshana Nila Kamilah Denisse Adelia

For a brother

Evans Leander Henri Lucio Gray Arvin Wylie Hasan

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