Miko
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #2,718 for boys
Miko is a boys' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,718th for boys in the US (47 babies).
What does Miko mean?
Japanese
A transliteration of a female given name from Japanese.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Miko a girl's or a boy's name?
Miko is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls and 47 boys in the US.
How popular is Miko in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 7 boys.
Miko in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
How popular is Miko in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,718among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 47about 1 in 36,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 47 boys in the US were named Miko, making it the 2,718th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,924th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 78 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971. 23 girls were also named Miko in 2025 (5,409th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Miko than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Miko in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 102 boys in the US were given Miko or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,466, up from #2,718 for this spelling alone.
- Mikko 55
- Miko 47
In 1971, 86% of the babies named Miko in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 33%, with more boys than girls since 2003.
Miko in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #2,718 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,418 |
| 2023 | 78 | #1,969 |
| 2022 | 75 | #2,021 |
| 2021 | 57 | #2,372 |
| 2020 | 40 | #2,924 |
| 2019 | 46 | #2,735 |
| 2018 | 43 | #2,795 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 31 | #3,512 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 25 | #3,993 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 21 | #3,209 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
Names like Miko
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo Loki Yug Shko Minh Rumi Kenzo Guto Yoan Yitzchok Mika Kaito
Other spellings of Miko
Names related to Miko
More Japanese names
Kobe Kaizen Raiden Ren Akari Ronin Kyomi Akira Yuna Emi Kiyomi Kairi Miya Kenji Reo Jiraiya
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, “Miko: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/miko, updated 20 October 2026.