Is Miko a boy or girl name?

Miko is a unisex name. Of the 1,593 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 38.5% were girls and 61.5% were boys. It changed hands in 1994, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Miko

Recorded 1963–2025 · United States

Miko was most popular in 2023, when 97 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,665 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,466, with 70 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,593 people named Miko.

Miko over time

Births per year. The dot marks Miko’s peak in 2023. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Miko a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Miko is a unisex name — 38.5% of the 1,593 Americans given it were girls and 61.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 1994 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 21% girls and 79% 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 Miko

Where Miko is most concentrated

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

California 6.9×

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