NameTides

Mika

Mika was the #1,631 girls' name in the US in 2025 (127 babies), and #2,278 in England & Wales and #896 in Canada.

Mika as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Mika as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Mika as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,631 (127)#2,278 (12)—#896 (31)
2024#1,536 (139)#1,895 (15)—#1,153 (22)
2023#1,391 (161)#1,410 (22)—#1,108 (22)
2022#1,381 (166)#1,556 (19)—#640 (44)
2021#1,516 (139)#1,454 (21)—#834 (34)
2020#1,373 (158)#1,556 (19)—#745 (38)
2019#1,307 (175)#1,389 (22)—#770 (37)
2018#1,299 (175)#1,314 (25)—#714 (40)
2017#1,198 (203)#1,144 (30)—#597 (51)
2016#1,307 (183)#1,172 (29)—#688 (43)
2015#1,227 (201)#1,324 (25)#653 (4)#685 (42)
2014#1,314 (180)#1,456 (21)—#593 (52)
2013#1,378 (169)#2,062 (13)—#690 (41)
2012#1,297 (183)#1,649 (18)—#628 (46)
2011#1,280 (185)#1,196 (27)—#520 (59)

Mika as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Mika as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Mika as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#3,379 (34)#2,014 (12)—#1,251 (19)
2024#2,873 (44)#1,952 (12)—#927 (27)
2023#2,660 (49)#1,800 (13)—#986 (24)
2022#2,753 (47)#1,179 (23)—#894 (27)
2021#3,121 (38)#1,595 (15)—#1,109 (20)
2020#3,734 (28)#1,230 (21)—#1,129 (19)
2019#2,582 (50)#1,655 (14)—#1,205 (17)
2018#3,607 (30)#1,991 (11)—#835 (28)
2017#3,312 (34)#2,512 (8)—#1,008 (22)
2016#2,587 (48)#2,027 (11)—#1,159 (18)
2015#2,766 (43)#2,150 (10)—#873 (26)
2014#3,234 (34)#1,630 (14)—#854 (27)
2013#3,405 (31)#1,617 (14)—#1,252 (15)
2012#3,179 (35)#1,430 (17)—#1,202 (16)
2011#2,748 (43)#1,688 (13)#648 (3)#845 (26)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #1,198.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1954.
  • In 2025, 79% of US babies named Mika were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,800uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 50,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Mika is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 9,800 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mika by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #908CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: #136HITexas: #2,921TXFlorida: #1,887FL
Mika (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#6696
Ontario2024#1,2848

Mika (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MikaCanadaGirls#89631
MikaCanadaBoys#1,25119
MikaEngland & WalesGirls#2,27812
MikaEngland & WalesBoys#2,01412
MikaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MikaNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MikaScotlandGirls—too few
MikaScotlandBoys—too few
MikaUSGirls#1,631127
MikaUSBoys#3,37934