Fun Facts About the Name Meeka
- 475 babies named Meeka: U.S. records list 475 babies given the name Meeka from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Meeka Mean?
Meeka is an English spelling of Mika, a feminine name usually treated as a short form of Mikaela or Michaela, the feminine forms of Michael. Michael goes back to the Hebrew name Mikha'el (מִיכָאֵל), commonly understood as a rhetorical question: "Who is like God?" In Finnish, Dutch, German, and Scandinavian use, Mika also stands on its own as a form of Michael, and it carries the same meaning. The Meeka spelling simply spells out the "MEE-kuh" sound with English letters.
A separate Japanese feminine name, Mika, is written with kanji such as 美香 ("beauty" + "fragrance"), and its meaning changes with the characters chosen; it has no connection to the Hebrew-derived European name. Similar-looking names such as Mica or Micah are not treated here as the source of Meeka.
Meeka Name History & Origins
The European name behind Meeka is Mika, which developed in northern Europe as a short form of Mikael and Michael. In Finland and Estonia, Mika is an established male given name, while in German-, Dutch-, and Scandinavian-speaking areas it is also used for girls, usually as a shortening of Michaela or Mikaela. Devotion to Saint Michael the Archangel helped spread forms of the name across Europe, and those regional short forms are the most common route by which English speakers encountered it.
English use of Mika for girls, and the respellings that followed it, produced a cluster of sound-alike spellings: Mika, Mica, Meeka, and Meika. Meeka belongs to that group as a phonetic English rendering; it does not have a separate documented etymology of its own. The unrelated Japanese name Mika developed independently in Japan and is written with kanji whose meanings vary from person to person.
How Popular is the Name Meeka?
Meeka has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2014. Its best rank was #4,504 in 1973.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,570 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #11,745 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2022 | #6,893 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2021 | #10,826 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #6,534 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2019 | #8,013 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2018 | #8,449 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #8,615 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2016 | #11,473 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #6,172 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 2014 | #5,739 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2013 | #6,927 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2012 | #7,058 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2011 | #6,489 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2010 | #7,773 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2009 | #9,794 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2008 | #10,550 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #6,733 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2006 | #9,095 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2005 | #8,195 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #17,883 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #17,450 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #10,714 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1999 | #10,044 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #13,535 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #15,269 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1994 | #10,188 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #14,689 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1991 | #11,046 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #9,834 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1986 | #9,187 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1985 | #6,765 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1983 | #9,776 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #7,159 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1980 | #11,480 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1979 | #8,636 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1978 | #6,729 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1977 | #7,299 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1976 | #5,865 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1975 | #10,010 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1973 | #4,504 | 13 | 0.0009% |
| 1972 | #6,337 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1971 | #9,127 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #4,961 | 11 | 0.0006% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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