Myka
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MY-ka
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,167 for girls
Myka is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “who is like God?”. In 2025 it ranked 3,167th for girls in the US (50 babies).
What does Myka mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Micah or Mika
“who is like God?”
A respelling of Micah, one of the twelve minor prophets of the Hebrew Bible.
Is Myka a girl's or a boy's name?
Myka is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 50 girls and 20 boys in the US.
How popular is Myka in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Myka in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Myka in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
How popular is Myka in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,167among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 50about 1 in 32,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 50 girls in the US were named Myka, making it the 3,167th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,170th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 135 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967. 20 boys were also named Myka in 2025 (4,856th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Myka than any year since 1998.
Half of all the girls named Myka in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 443 girls in the US were given Myka or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #650, up from #3,167 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 83% of the babies named Myka in the US in 1993, and 71% in 2025.
Myka in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 50 | #3,167 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,889 |
| 2023 | 60 | #2,823 |
| 2022 | 76 | #2,404 |
| 2021 | 71 | #2,484 |
| 2020 | 83 | #2,170 |
| 2019 | 53 | #3,043 |
| 2018 | 58 | #2,868 |
| 2017 | 66 | #2,635 |
| 2016 | 86 | #2,221 |
| 2015 | 105 | #1,919 |
| 2014 | 123 | #1,706 |
| 2013 | 134 | #1,599 |
| 2012 | 135 | #1,602 |
| 2011 | 125 | #1,679 |
| 2010 | 104 | #1,928 |
| 2009 | 65 | #2,751 |
| 2008 | 70 | #2,630 |
| 2007 | 72 | #2,568 |
| 2006 | 63 | #2,778 |
| 2005 | 60 | #2,752 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,885 |
| 2003 | 74 | #2,279 |
| 2002 | 63 | #2,494 |
| 2001 | 82 | #2,044 |
| 2000 | 79 | #2,072 |
| 1999 | 64 | #2,304 |
| 1998 | 49 | #2,728 |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,871 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,845 |
| 1995 | 38 | #3,017 |
| 1994 | 38 | #3,033 |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1992 | 27 | #3,860 |
| 1991 | 34 | #3,201 |
| 1990 | 38 | #2,952 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,667 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,220 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,421 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,029 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 20 | #3,858 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
Names like Myka
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mia Myla Ava Mila Layla Ayla Maya Eliana Zara Raya Maryam Minha
Other spellings of Myka
Names related to Myka
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie
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, “Myka: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/myka, updated 20 October 2026.