Mika
Mika was the 1641st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 127 babies. Its best year was 2017, when it ranked 1198th with 203 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 410 places. More babies were named Mika in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,641 girls, down 259 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 127girls
- Girls and boys
- 78% girls, 22% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2017203 babies
- Total since 1880
- 8,114babies recorded
Mika popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,641 | #3,422 | 127 | 34 |
| 2020 | #1,382 | #3,779 | 158 | 28 |
| 2010 | #1,298 | #4,321 | 182 | 23 |
| 2000 | #1,423 | #2,783 | 130 | 33 |
| 1990 | #1,766 | #3,132 | 83 | 20 |
| 1980 | #2,172 | #4,803 | 47 | 8 |
| 1970 | #1,925 | — | 45 | — |
| 1960 | #5,527 | #2,636 | 7 | 11 |
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| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
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How popular is Mika, counting every spelling?
Mika is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,067 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,641 for Mika on its own. Together these spellings went to 212 girls in 2025.
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Mika?
127 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Mika (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Mika born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 66 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Mika.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Mika?
About 6,600 people born in the US named Mika are alive today, with a median age of 20; half are between 11 and 34. That makes Mika mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Mika by state
How common Mika was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Hawaii (22.2×), Washington (2.6×), California (2.2×), New York (1.6×). In 37 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Mika: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Mika, they share its era and feel.
Mika is also a nickname for Mikayla.
Questions about the name Mika
How popular is the name Mika?
Mika was the 1641st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 127 babies. Its best year was 2017, when it ranked 1198th with 203 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 410 places. More babies were named Mika in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Mika a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 78% girls, 22% boys given the name Mika in the US.
Where is Mika most popular?
In 2021–2025, Mika was most common in Hawaii (2.01 per 1,000 girls), followed by Washington and Nevada.