Unisex name · since 1971
Miko
Miko has 980 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,200 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,741 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 980
- born since 1971
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Miko is the #2741 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 980 recorded since 1971.
Miko has 980 recorded births among boys since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2741 as of the latest data, more common than 80% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2025.
- #5,200 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,741 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 980 born since 1971
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Miko ranks #5,200 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,741 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 980 born since 1971, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5,200 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,741 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 980
- born since 1971
- 2020s
- peak decade
Miko's 980 recorded births place it above 88.56% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Miko compares
980 Top 32% higher than 68% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Miko's all-time total is 166% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Miko | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 980 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 78 | 34 | 22,252 |
Miko's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Miko splits its recorded history at 2004: 77% of all births land in the more recent half, 23% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1971 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 78 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Miko popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 78
- Annual births at peak, across 55 years of records
Miko popularity over time - girls
613 total births recorded since 1963 (Miko as girls' name)
Miko by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (354 births, 36% of the file).
2020s was Miko's strongest decade.
354 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Miko births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 22
1970s
22 births
- 1980s 21
1980s
21 births
- 1990s 118
1990s
118 births
- 2000s
2000s
159 births
- 2010s
2010s
306 births
- 2020s
2020s
354 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 354 births (36% of all-time use).
How Miko compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Miko's total volume
Miko by state
Where Miko concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 143 | 14.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 47 | 4.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 18 | 1.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Maryland | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.5% |
143 of 980 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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- California records the most Mikos (143 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Miko: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~54 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1971–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Miko draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.