Mika is a name with several roots: in Japanese it is written with characters that can mean "beautiful fragrance", in English it serves as a short form of Michaela, "who is like God?", and in Finland it is a boys' name from Michael. The name has stayed just below the US top 1000 for decades, between number 1198 in 2017 and number 1641 in 2025, when 127 girls received it.