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Miko

#2,743 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Mikko

Miko has been given to 1,593 babies in the U.S. since 1971. In 2025 it ranked #2,743 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 78 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 62% boys, 38% girls all-time.

Babies named Miko, 2025

1 in 70,500

Miko over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Miko over time

In 2025, Miko went to 33% girls and 67% boys.

19632025

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.

Miko: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Mikko

Japanese

What Miko means

Miko is a variant of Mikko.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Miko → Mikko → Mikael. The family’s meaning is “who is like God?”, recorded in Finnish.

Origin, language, and formation

Miko is used in English and Finnish. Its origins include Japanese.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Mikko.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Miko is pronounced /ˈmiko/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 980 boys were recorded with the name Miko between 1971 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 78 in 2023; its best national rank was #1,980 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,961 in 2020 to #2,743 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,559 in 2015 to #2,743 in 2025.

In the United States, 613 girls were recorded with the name Miko between 1963 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 30 in 1971; its best national rank was #2,524 in 1971.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,350 in 2020 to #5,505 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,635 in 2015 to #5,505 in 2025.

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.

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How common is Miko?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 70,500
47 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 36,300
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,743
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
48,893 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Miko 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 48,893 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Miko. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mikos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Miko was born before 2016 — so the typical Miko is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
36.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
81.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
980
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Choose a decade

2020s — 36.1% of all recorded uses (354).

Is Miko 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
−307
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+218
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+816
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.52×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
60.3%
Peak was 2023 (78)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,980
2023

Spellings of Miko

Miko is not the most common spelling — Mike is, with 48.7% against Miko's 0.23%.

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 Miko is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Miko was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 270,252 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. 3Maryland1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —
  5. 5Pennsylvania1 in —
  6. 6Texas1 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. Miko has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Miko is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Miko was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 313,976 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

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. Miko has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Miko around the world

Where Miko 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
    2015–2024
    #3,689
    in 2024
  • Canada
    2004–2024
    #2,550
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2003–2003
    #588
    in 2003

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.

Miko by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,743
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 218
Best rank ever
#1,980
2023
Peak year
2023
78 that year
First recorded
1971
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
980
Count in 2025
47

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,505
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,845
Best rank ever
#2,524
1971
Peak year
1971
30 that year
First recorded
1963
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
613
Count in 2025
23

Names similar to Miko

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

MikaMikkoMikaiMikeyMikloMikkelMikailMikellMikalMikahNeikoMikealMikhaelMikaleMikingKikoMikelMikaeelMikaelMikhaiMikieMikhiAikoMikolaj

Sibling names for Miko

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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