Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Miku 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 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Miku through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 136
- 0 boys · 136 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 13 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 9 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 254 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.
Miku’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Miku is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 未来. In Japanese usage, Miku is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 美久. In Japanese usage, Miku is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 美九.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 7
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Miku
- Miku TashiroJapanese judokaborn 1994
- Miku ItōJapanese voice actress and singerborn 1996
- Miku TanabeJapanese singerborn 1992
- Miku KanemuraJapanese female idol, fashion model, photographer and Hinatazaka46 member (2002-)
- Miku AbenoJapanese AV actressborn 1993
- Miku TanakaJapanese gravure idol, talent and actressborn 2001
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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