Mika
#1,631 for girls in 2025, 127 births · #3,379 for boys in 2025, 34 births
Given to girls 83.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2017 · 203 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,752since 1954
Mika over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,631 | 127 | #3,379 | 34 |
| 2024 | #1,536 | 139 | #2,873 | 44 |
| 2023 | #1,391 | 161 | #2,660 | 49 |
| 2022 | #1,381 | 166 | #2,753 | 47 |
| 2021 | #1,516 | 139 | #3,121 | 38 |
| 2020 | #1,373 | 158 | #3,734 | 28 |
| 2019 | #1,307 | 175 | #2,582 | 50 |
| 2018 | #1,299 | 175 | #3,607 | 30 |
| 2017 | #1,198 | 203 | #3,312 | 34 |
| 2016 | #1,307 | 183 | #2,587 | 48 |
| 2015 | #1,227 | 201 | #2,766 | 43 |
| 2014 | #1,314 | 180 | #3,234 | 34 |
| 2013 | #1,378 | 169 | #3,405 | 31 |
| 2012 | #1,297 | 183 | #3,179 | 35 |
| 2011 | #1,280 | 185 | #2,748 | 43 |
| 2010 | #1,296 | 182 | #4,241 | 23 |
| 2009 | #1,528 | 148 | #2,753 | 44 |
| 2008 | #1,368 | 176 | #3,005 | 39 |
| 2007 | #1,424 | 166 | #2,974 | 39 |
| 2006 | #1,424 | 159 | #2,881 | 39 |
| 2005 | #1,437 | 148 | #3,815 | 24 |
| 2004 | #1,573 | 125 | #2,741 | 38 |
| 2003 | #1,590 | 121 | #4,815 | 16 |
| 2002 | #1,573 | 118 | #2,556 | 38 |
| 2001 | #1,533 | 121 | #3,974 | 20 |
| 2000 | #1,421 | 130 | #2,736 | 33 |
| 1999 | #1,258 | 147 | #3,704 | 20 |
| 1998 | #1,443 | 118 | #2,851 | 28 |
| 1997 | #1,232 | 145 | #3,601 | 19 |
| 1996 | #1,348 | 125 | #3,830 | 17 |
| 1995 | #1,419 | 115 | #3,693 | 17 |
| 1994 | #1,487 | 106 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | #1,664 | 90 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #1,370 | 121 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #1,428 | 112 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #1,755 | 83 | #3,058 | 20 |
| 1989 | #1,551 | 91 | #3,809 | 14 |
| 1988 | #1,757 | 72 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #1,591 | 78 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #1,588 | 75 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #1,632 | 72 | #4,052 | 10 |
| 1984 | #1,511 | 75 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #1,907 | 54 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #1,991 | 52 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #1,475 | 82 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #2,154 | 47 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #1,569 | 73 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #1,487 | 76 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #2,124 | 44 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #1,482 | 70 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #1,544 | 65 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #1,733 | 52 | #2,459 | 16 |
| 1973 | #1,832 | 46 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #1,832 | 46 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #1,709 | 53 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #1,904 | 45 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,396 | 29 | #2,861 | 10 |
| 1968 | #2,630 | 23 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #2,558 | 23 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | — | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | — | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Mika! It came in at #4,278, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1955–1958, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
Where Mika is popular in 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Hawaii#167 · 1 in 505
- Nevada#498 · 1 in 2,028
- Oklahoma#652 · 1 in 2,907
- Washington#838 · 1 in 4,592
- California#928 · 1 in 5,734
Best ever in a state: #65 in Hawaii, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Hawaii | #167 | 7 | 1 in 505 |
| Nevada | #498 | 6 | 1 in 2,028 |
| Oklahoma | #652 | 6 | 1 in 2,907 |
| Washington | #838 | 7 | 1 in 4,592 |
| California | #928 | 40 | 1 in 5,734 |
| New Jersey | #930 | 7 | 1 in 5,612 |
| Ohio | #1,111 | 7 | 1 in 8,056 |
| New York | #1,288 | 11 | 1 in 8,685 |
| North Carolina | #1,425 | 5 | 1 in 9,616 |
| Florida | #1,499 | 8 | 1 in 10,760 |
| Texas | #1,769 | 12 | 1 in 13,976 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Mika
- 95 spots since 2024 (#1,536 → #1,631)
- 258 spots since 2020 (#1,373 → #1,631)
- 404 spots since 2015 (#1,227 → #1,631)
- Debuted 1954
- Peaked 2017 at #1,198 (203 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 8,505 girls born in 2017 were named Mika (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 12,656 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 27.2% of all girls named Mika (1,836) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1960, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 38 | #4,278 (1954) | #5,257 |
| 1960s | 146 | #2,396 (1969) | #3,821 |
| 1970s | 570 | #1,482 (1976) | #1,722 |
| 1980s | 698 | #1,475 (1981) | #1,716 |
| 1990s | 1,162 | #1,232 (1997) | #1,440 |
| 2000s | 1,412 | #1,368 (2008) | #1,487 |
| 2010s | 1,836 | #1,198 (2017) | #1,290 |
| 2020s | 890 | #1,373 (2020) | #1,471 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Mika in 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 10,744 of them was named Mika, which outranked 93.3% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,359Nova178
- #1,366Jaela177
- #1,366Julieta177
- #1,368Mika176
- #1,368Aida176
- #1,368Braylee176
- #1,368Caitlynn176
- #1,374Aleigha175
- #1,374Alexys175
- #1,374Amayah175
Tied with 5 names at #1,368; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 52,312 of them was named Mika, which outranked 79.5% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,946Uzziel40
- #2,946Vishal40
- #2,946Zarek40
- #3,005Mika39
- #3,005Alexandros39
- #3,005Armond39
- #3,005Aziel39
- #3,057Abdulaziz38
- #3,057Adon38
- #3,057Amarie38
Tied with 51 names at #3,005; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.