How rare is the name Mika?

8,413 people in the United States have the first name Mika, about 1 in 35,901. It ranks #2,774 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MIKA

#2,774

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,413
About
1 in 35,901
This common or more
80.8%
Who bears it

Of the 8,413 people named Mika, 41.4% reported their origin as White, 22.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 15.6% as two or more races. 83.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Mika peaked in 2015, when 244 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19542025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
244
In 2025*
161 ▼34%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 8,114 babies have been given the name since 1954. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Mika by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #2,059. The largest share of babies named Mika, 35.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#8,90038
1960s#4,338203
1970s#2,500655
1980s#2,489800
1990s#2,2261,339
2000s#2,2541,742
2010s#2,0592,207
2020s#2,3231,130
Baby boom 1946–641.3%
Generation X 1965–8010.4%
Millennials 1981–9619.8%
Generation Z 1997–1235.4%
2013 and later33.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Mika is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Mika has been most common in Hawaii (10×), California (3.7×), and Washington (2.7×), and least common in Virginia (0.35×).

3,763 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Mika

#2,772 Herminia · 8,416#2,773 Uriah · 8,415#2,775 Dorthy · 8,404#2,776 Zuri · 8,403

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Mika, most common first.

#246 Mike · 228,046#4,903 Mica · 3,649#4,914 Mikah · 3,634#5,295 Miki · 3,277#9,866 Miko · 1,381#11,283 Misa · 1,147#13,935 Mija · 855#17,946 Mikia · 606

Also a last name

As a last name, Mika ranks #12,990 of 156,621, with 2,261 people. See Mika as a last name

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