girls:
25 births since 1969
#5691 (0th percentile)
boys:
762 births since 1974
#3825 (17th percentile)
overall:
787 births since 1969
#6952 (10th percentile)
The name Mikko is the #6,952 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 787 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 10.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,825 (16.5% percentile) for all time with 762 births since 1974. For girls, it ranks #5,691 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 25 births since 1969.
Mikko first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (1969 for girls and 1974 for boys). Birth data for Mikko is available in 41 out of the 55 years between 1969 and 2023 (39 years for boys and 4 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Mikko has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.8% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1974, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1969 to 1973), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (98.1% boys from 1974 to 2023).
For boys, Mikko reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #882) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 28 births per million (ranked 5.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Mikko ranks #871 for boys (4.4% percentile) with 25 births per million, which is 86.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Mikko reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #940) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mikko".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Mikko", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 9 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Miko" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Miko..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Mikko. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.1% confident that Mikko is pronounced as MIH-koh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MEE-koh, at 13.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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