girls:
2.7k births since 1967
#3343 (42nd percentile)
boys:
419 births since 1993
#4167 (9th percentile)
overall:
3.1k births since 1967
#4874 (37th percentile)
The name Myka is the #4,874 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,108 recorded births since 1967. This represents the 37.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 37.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,343 (41.5% percentile) for all time with 2,689 births since 1967. For boys, it ranks #4,167 (9.1% percentile) for all time with 419 births since 1993.
Myka first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1967 (1967 for girls and 1993 for boys). Birth data for Myka is available in 56 out of the 57 years between 1967 and 2023 (56 years for girls and 29 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 Myka has been given predominantly to girls, with 86.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 76.3% of babies named Myka were girls.
For girls, Myka reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 13.9% percentile (ranked #807) with 70 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 70 births per million (ranked 13.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Myka ranks #894 for girls (5.6% percentile) with 33 births per million, which is 47.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Myka reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #864) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Myka ranks #898 for boys (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 83.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Myka".
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