Given name & surname
Maika
Maika is a feminine given name. It is used in Faroese.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Maika isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maika through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 758
- 251 boys · 507 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 25
- #7,361 for girls · #8,013 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +41%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,361 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 13.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 23 in 2008. It also appeared in 10 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 856 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maika’s family of names
Maika has a conventional equivalent in the German form Maria. In German usage, Maika has a related form in Maike. In Greek usage, Maika as a surname is a transliteration of Μάικα.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Maika
- Maika MonroeAmerican actress (born 1993)
- Maika HamanoJapanese association football playerborn 2004
- Maika YamamotoJapanese female talent, fashion modelborn 1997
- Maika MakovskiSpanish singerborn 1983
- Maika RiveraPhilippine tennis playerborn 1995
- MaikaJapanese professional wrestlerborn 1998
- Maika SasakiJapanese female idol, voice actor, YouTuber and member of =LOVE (2000-)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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