unisex name

Mika

  • Gender Unisex
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 11,639

Scotland

#749

2015 births

Mika is a unisex name with 2 syllables. It is given to both girls and boys — about 73% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2025 it was given to 161 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2015, when 244 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 20,592 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1954.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Mika over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,207
'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Mika by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 38
1960s 203
1970s 655
1980s 800
1990s 1,339
2000s 1,742
2010s 2,207
2020s (to 2025) 1,130

How popular is Mika?

In 2025, Mika was given to 161 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Mika is used

Scotland #749 4 in 2015
Canada #968 49 in 2024
United States #1,634 161 in 2025
England & Wales #2,078 24 in 2025
France #2,891 15 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Mika

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Mika also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Mika over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Mika in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Belarusian
Mikhail
Bulgarian
Mikhail
Catalan
Miquel
Finnish
Mikko
Lithuanian
Mykolas
Romanian
Mihai
Russian
Mikhail
Slovene
Mihael
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Michail

Sibling names for Mika

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Mika — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Mika

How popular is the name Mika?

In 2025, Mika was given to 161 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Mika a girl's or a boy's name?

Mika is used for both girls and boys. About 73% of recorded births with this name are girls.

How many syllables are in Mika?

Mika has 2 syllables.

When was Mika most popular?

Mika peaked in 2015, when 244 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Mika a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Mika currently ranks #968 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.