Myka
Feminine · “who is like God?”
Myka is given to both — 2,799 girls and 456 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Myka is a spelling that can be read two ways at once — as the Hebrew Micah made feminine, or as the Finnish and Japanese Mika. Both are genuine names, and the y makes the choice without settling the question.
How old is the name Myka?
Myka first appears in US birth records in 1967 — 58 years ago. The typical Myka alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 2,800 people named Myka are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Myka most popular?
Myka peaked in 2013, reaching #1599 nationally. Today it ranks #3167, 1,568 places below that high. See the whole 2013 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Mikha to Myka
The story of Myka
Micah is a prophet of the Hebrew Bible and the name has been in English use since the Reformation. Mika arrived in American records from two other directions — Finnish immigration and, later, a general American taste for short Japanese-sounding names. Myka, with the y, is the newest of the three and is used chiefly for girls, where Micah is still read as a boys' name in most of the country.
Meaningscholars disagree
who is like God?
Through Micah the name is a Hebrew rhetorical question, the same one asked by Michael. Through Mika it is something else entirely: a Finnish short form of Mikael, and separately a Japanese name whose meaning depends on the characters a family chooses.
How the name formed
- Mikha
- Micah
- Myka
Related forms: Michah · Mika · Mica
Pronouncing Myka
MY-kah
Two syllables, first stressed. Some families say MEE-kah, on the Finnish and Japanese model, and the spelling does not decide it.
Nicknames for Myka
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1967
- Most girls named
- 2012135 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1599reached in 2013
- Change vs 2024
- −12.3%50 in 2025, from 57
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Myka in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Michah in Hebrew — related form
- Mika in Finnish — related form
- Mica in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Mykas among us
people named Myka are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 32,145 born in 2025 was named Myka
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Myka
- #3167
- Myka on the 2025 chart
- #486
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Myka went to 50 girls in 2025, but Micah, Mika and Mykah and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 7 spellings went to 555, which makes it the 486th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,681 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 2,896 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 32,145 for Myka itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Shanea test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Myka's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Shanea climbed just as high around 1991, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Shanea's path sketches the road Myka is walking now.
Myka sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Myka is headed
Myka should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Myka beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Myka in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Four letters, two syllables, and no sound difficult for any language.
- It reaches back to a documented biblical name while looking entirely modern.
- Distinct in American records without being unreadable.
- The first vowel is genuinely unsettled between MY and MEE.
- Micah, Mica, Mika and Myka are four live spellings, and Micah still reads as a boys' name.
- Mica is also a mineral, and the spelling is close enough for the joke to be made.
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Frequently asked
- How many Mykas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,800 people named Myka are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Myka?
- Myka is one of 7 recorded spellings. Micah is the more common one — 291 births in 2025 against 50 for Myka.
- How popular is the name Myka in 2025?
- Myka ranks #3167 among US girl names in 2025, with 50 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Myka?
- About 1 in every 32,145 US girls born in 2025 was named Myka — 50 in all.
- Will my child share the name Myka with classmates?
- Myka will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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