girls:
6.5k births since 1954
#2049 (64th percentile)
boys:
1.3k births since 1960
#3330 (27th percentile)
overall:
7.8k births since 1954
#3061 (60th percentile)
The name Mika is the #3,061 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,760 recorded births since 1954. This represents the 60.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 60.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,049 (64.2% percentile) for all time with 6,478 births since 1954. For boys, it ranks #3,330 (27.3% percentile) for all time with 1,282 births since 1960.
Mika first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1954 (1954 for girls and 1960 for boys).
The name Mika has been given predominantly to girls, with 83.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 76.2% of babies named Mika were girls.
For girls, Mika reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 20.8% percentile (ranked #752) with 107 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 107 births per million (ranked 20.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Mika ranks #795 for girls (16.1% percentile) with 90 births per million, which is 83.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Mika reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 4.9% percentile (ranked #872) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 27 births per million (ranked 4.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Mika is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #867 (4.8% percentile) with 27 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mika".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Mika. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.6% confident that Mika is pronounced as MEE-kuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAI-kuh, at 11.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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