Miho
given name · Latin script
Meaning: ‘Beautiful bay’. The Miho pine grove in Shimizu City is famous for its view of Mount Fuji
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Miho is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country, where it is the 24th most common given name.
- JPJapan≈1 in 474(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 279K
- HRCroatia1 in 6.8K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Japan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 165 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 474 (inferred from the name graph)
≈260,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
‘Beautiful bay’. The Miho pine grove in Shimizu City is famous for its view of Mount Fuji.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Miho counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Japan | #24 | ≈260,000 est. | ≈1 in 474 | listed | Miho | 151 |
| US United States | — | 1,192 | 1 in 279K | 1.2K | Miho | 165 |
| HR Croatia | — | 622 | 1 in 6.8K | 622 | — | — |
| AU Australia | — | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 99K | 1 | — | — |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | listed | — | — |
| CZ Czechia | — | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 90K | 27 | — | — |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈19 est. | ≈1 in 64K | listed | Miho | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); MVČR — living population register 2017; the ee-siseministeerium-registry register; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); the id-github-names register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Miho is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of みほ
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Miho Takagib. 1962JPJapanese actress and essayist (1962-)
- Nakayama Mihob. 1970JPJapanese singer and actress (1970–2024)
- Miho Yamadab. 1973JPJapanese voice actress
- Miho Kiuchib. 1975JPJapanese actor
- Miho Yabeb. 1977JPJapaanese actress
- Miho Shiraishib. 1978JPJapanese actress
- Miho Hazamab. 1986JPJapanese jazz composer and arranger (1986-)
- Miho Fukuharab. 1987JPJapanese singer
- Miliyah Katob. 1988JPnot in their usual nameJapanese singer-songwriter
- Miho Takagib. 1994JPJapanese speed skater (1994-)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 40 sources across 22 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.2K | #10,955 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form) | 2021 | 622 | #681 |
| HR Croatia | DZS — Učestalost osobnih imena (Popis 2021) | 2021 | 506 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 28 | #10,955 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2006 | 5 | — |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 2017 | 1 | — |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 2017 | 1 | — |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 1970 | 1 | — |
| EE Estonia | Siseministeerium — population register name list 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| ID Indonesia | KPU voter-roll name tokens (GitHub) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Miho mean, and where does it come from?
- ‘Beautiful bay’. The Miho pine grove in Shimizu City is famous for its view of Mount Fuji. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- Is Miho a male or female name?
- Miho is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- What are other forms of the name Miho?
- In the etymology graph, Mike, Mickey and Mick are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Mihael and Mihajlo.
- In which country does Miho have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 265 thousand people named Miho in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled miho.
- How common is the name Miho?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,192 people named Miho in 2020, about 1 in 279 thousand residents.
- How common is Miho compared with other names?
- In Japan, Miho is the 24th most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Miho” — the 24th most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.