Miki
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MEE-kee
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Miki is a girls' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Miki mean?
Japanese: meaning depends on the kanji used
A Japanese name whose meaning depends on the characters; it is also used as a pet form of Michaela.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Miki a girl's or a boy's name?
Miki is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Miki in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 6 girls.
Miki in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Miki in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Miki, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 1973, with 61 girls. It first appears in the records in 1942.
Half of all the girls named Miki in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Miki in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 27 | #3,872 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 39 | #2,929 |
| 1990 | 32 | #3,359 |
| 1989 | 31 | #3,324 |
| 1988 | 31 | #3,160 |
| 1987 | 27 | #3,328 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,358 |
| 1985 | 34 | #2,748 |
| 1984 | 30 | #2,914 |
| 1983 | 28 | #2,974 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,847 |
| 1980 | 29 | #3,002 |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,525 |
| 1978 | 30 | #2,741 |
| 1977 | 35 | #2,463 |
| 1976 | 27 | #2,791 |
| 1975 | 53 | #1,756 |
| 1974 | 59 | #1,598 |
| 1973 | 61 | #1,527 |
| 1972 | 47 | #1,804 |
| 1971 | 48 | #1,828 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,450 |
| 1969 | 27 | #2,515 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,360 |
| 1967 | 24 | #2,492 |
| 1966 | 28 | #2,248 |
| 1965 | 24 | #2,463 |
| 1964 | 26 | #2,411 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,618 |
| 1962 | 30 | #2,162 |
| 1961 | 28 | #2,249 |
| 1960 | 20 | #2,728 |
| 1959 | 25 | #2,288 |
| 1958 | 27 | #2,166 |
| 1957 | 19 | #2,650 |
| 1956 | 14 | #3,185 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,224 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,018 |
| 1953 | 20 | #2,362 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,039 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,051 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,725 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
Names like Miki
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiki Suki Rumi Miri Mika Yuna Dakota Kiyomi Tori Yumna Kyomi Minha
Names related to Miki
More Japanese names
Kobe Kaizen Raiden Ren Akari Kenzo Ronin Akira Emi Kairi Miya Kenji Reo Jiraiya Aizen Sora
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Miki: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/miki, updated 20 October 2026.