Is Maika a boy or girl name?

Maika is a unisex name. Of the 758 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 66.9% were girls and 33.1% were boys.

Maika

Recorded 1971–2025 · United States

Maika was most popular in 2008, when 33 American babies were given the name — ranking #7,674 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,844, with 25 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 758 people named Maika.

Maika over time

Births per year. The dot marks Maika’s peak in 2008. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Maika a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Maika is a unisex name — 66.9% of the 758 Americans given it were girls and 33.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 72% girls and 28% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Maika

Where Maika is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Hawaii 192.5×

Explore further

See Maika on the interactive charts

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org