Miku

given name · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Miku is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Rōmaji transcription of みく.

rarermore common
  • JPJapan≈1 in 1.9K(inferred from the name graph)
  • FIFinland1 in 35K
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 141K

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)

≈67,000 people, est.

Sources
84 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 1.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Japan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Rōmaji transcription of みく

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Miku 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.

Where Miku is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
JP Japan#336≈67,000 est.≈1 in 1.9K—Miku81
US United States—2541 in 1.3M232Miku84
FI Finland—1611 in 35K172—2
IT Italy—≈82 est.≈1 in 763K—Miku4
PH Philippines—≈58 est.≈1 in 1.9M—Miku12
SE Sweden—181 in 567K18—2
EE Estonia—≈9 est.≈1 in 141K10—1
IS Iceland—11 in 351K1——

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; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Miku is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi given name21 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, Bangladesh

    Languages: Hindi, Bangla, Urdu

    Also written Mick, Muku, Meek, Muka, ମୁକୁ

  • English given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, India, Germany

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Mîkù

  • Spanish given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Mexico, Argentina, Chile, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Mikü, Mïkü, Mikú, Míku, Mìkù

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Mīkū

  • Indonesian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, India, Philippines, United States

    Also written Mïku

34 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Miku is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latvian, accusative/instrumental singular of Mikus

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In osx, much

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In kmb, Colherzinha

    as a wordDiccionario Portuguez-Kimbundu

  • In Basque, Urraca (?). v. 1 mika. Ni enok zozo, ez birigarro, / eztakit, ba, abesten oik baxen arro. / Eztirudit, ba, kuku ez miku . Enb 191.

    as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia

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)

19701980199020002010Miku Hanyū, b. 1974Miku Sasao, b. 1980Miku Tanabe, b. 1992Miku Abeno, b. 1993Miku Takaichi, b. 1994Miku Kawamura, b. 1994Miku Itō, b. 1996Miku Tanaka, b. 2001Miku Kanemura, b. 2002

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 19 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Miku
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • 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

Is Miku a male or female name?
Miku 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 does the name Miku mean, and where does it come from?
Rōmaji transcription of みく Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Miku have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 67 thousand people named Miku in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled miku.
How common is the name Miku?
In the United States, the national register counted 254 people named Miku in 2020, about 1 in 1.3 million residents.
How common is Miku compared with other names?
In Japan, Miku is the 336th 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, “Miku” — the 336th most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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