Maika
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- MY-ka
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Maika is a name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
Where does Maika come from?
Japanese: meaning depends on the kanji used
Is Maika a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Maika has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls and 10 boys in the US.
How popular is Maika in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Maika, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971. 10 boys were also named Maika in 2025 (7,675th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Maika in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 443 girls in the US were given Maika or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #650, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.
Maika in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
Names like Maika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayla Meera Yara Yuna Safa Amira Maya Raya Hana Layla Salma Zaira
Other spellings of Maika
Names related to Maika
More Japanese names
Kobe Kaizen Raiden Ren Akari Kenzo Ronin Kyomi Akira Emi Kiyomi Kairi Miya Kenji Reo Jiraiya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Maika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maika, updated 20 October 2026.