Maika

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 18 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
18
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Maika by the numbers

Maika was given to 18 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 22 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Maika

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maika. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Mikawho is like God; a form of Micah232 in the US (2017)
  • Mikalwho is like God; a form of Michael28 in the US (2017)
  • Marikocircle, truth, child10 in the US (2017)
  • Mackayson of macay; scottish surname used as given name6 in the US (2017)
  • Makya20 in the US (2017)
  • Maize14 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Maika

Names that are said the same way as Maika, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Makaitowards the sea418 in the US (2017)
  • Makkahthe holy city of islam; mecca5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Makhai58 in the US (2017)
  • Mahkai28 in the US (2017)
  • Macai10 in the US (2017)
  • Maikah6 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Maika

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