Miku
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MEE-koo
- Origin
- Japanese
Miku is a girls' name of Japanese origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Miku mean?
Japanese: Japanese; the meaning depends on the kanji, such as 'beautiful sky'
Hatsune Miku is a Japanese singing-voice software character, first released in 2007.
Is Miku a girl's or a boy's name?
Miku is a girls' name.
How popular is Miku in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Miku in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Miku in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
Names like Miku
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tru Yumi Miyori Yuri Yuna Suki Namiko Xuri Dakota Mayumi Koi Saori
Names related to Miku
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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, “Miku: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/miku, updated 20 October 2026.