Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Mikoto 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 2005. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mikoto through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 0 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mikoto’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Mikoto is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 壬琴. In Japanese usage, Mikoto is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 実子都. In Japanese usage, Mikoto is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 実琴.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 8
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Mikoto
Characters named Mikoto: Mikoto Misaka (A Certain Magical Index).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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