Mikko
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MEEK-ko
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #2,451 for boys
Mikko is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 2,451st for boys in the US (55 babies).
What does Mikko mean?
Hebrew: Finnish form of Michael
“who is like God?”
The Finnish form of Michael, the archangel who leads the heavenly armies in the Book of Revelation.
Is Mikko a girl's or a boy's name?
Mikko is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 55 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mikko in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,451st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 55 about 1 in 31,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 55 boys in the US were named Mikko, making it the 2,451st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,979th. It first appears in the records in 1974.
2025 had the most boys named Mikko of any year since it first appeared, in 1974.
Half of all the boys named Mikko in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 102 boys in the US were given Mikko or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,466, up from #2,451 for this spelling alone.
- Mikko 55
- Miko 47
In 2022, 10% of the babies named Mikko in the US were girls.
Mikko in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | #2,451 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2023 | 45 | #2,804 |
| 2022 | 43 | #2,917 |
| 2021 | 53 | #2,498 |
| 2020 | 39 | #2,979 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 42 | #2,847 |
| 2017 | 33 | #3,376 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,058 |
| 2015 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2014 | 38 | #2,983 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
Names like Mikko
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo, Tru, Zuko, Hiro, Yitzchok, Yug, Yuri, Loki, Kota, Minh, Kenzo, Ryu
Other spellings of Mikko
Names related to Mikko
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Mikko: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mikko, updated 20 October 2026.