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Mika

Mika: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“beautiful fragrance”
Origin
Japanese
Say it
MEE-kah · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls (83% of all uses)

As a Japanese feminine name, Mika can be written with characters giving meanings such as beautiful fragrance or beautiful increase. It is also used in Finland, often as a form of Michael, so usage is cross-cultural.

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How popular is Mika?

202455.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Mika in 2024182

2024 rank#1,540 girls

Peak year2017

Total US babies since 18807,948

Mika has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Mika

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Michaelwho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Miguelwho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Makaylamodern spelling of Michaela · American (modern coinage)
  • Michaelawho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Mikaylawho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Misaelwho is like God? · Hebrew
  • Mikewho is like God? · English
  • Mikaelawho is like God? · Hebrew

Mika questions

What does the name Mika mean?

Mika means "beautiful fragrance". It comes from Japanese. As a Japanese feminine name, Mika can be written with characters giving meanings such as beautiful fragrance or beautiful increase. It is also used in Finland, often as a form of Michael, so usage is cross-cultural.

Is Mika a boy or girl name?

Mika is mainly a girl's name in US records (83% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Mika?

182 US babies were named Mika in 2024. Its peak year was 2017.

How do you pronounce Mika?

Mika is usually pronounced MEE-kah.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.