girls:
582 births since 1963
#5134 (10th percentile)
boys:
875 births since 1971
#3712 (19th percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1963
#6288 (19th percentile)
The name Miko is the #6,288 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,457 recorded births since 1963. This represents the 18.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 18.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,712 (19.0% percentile) for all time with 875 births since 1971. For girls, it ranks #5,134 (10.2% percentile) for all time with 582 births since 1963.
Miko first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1963 (1963 for girls and 1971 for boys). Birth data for Miko is available in 57 out of the 61 years between 1963 and 2023 (55 years for girls and 41 years for boys). 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 Miko has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (60.1% of all recorded births). In 2023, 81.3% of babies named Miko were boys. Interestingly, until around 1993, the name was more popular for girls (78.4% girls from 1963 to 1992), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (72.5% boys from 1993 to 2023).
For boys, Miko reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 8.0% percentile (ranked #838) with 43 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 43 births per million (ranked 8.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2008, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Miko is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #838 (8.0% percentile) with 43 births per million.
For girls, Miko reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #744) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 17 births per million (ranked 3.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Miko ranks #934 for girls (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 60.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Miko".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Miko. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 80.5% confident that Miko is pronounced as MEE-koh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAI-koh, at 19.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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