Maike
Maike is a given name. Notable people with the given name include:Maike Arlt, German volleyball player Maike Becker, German handball player Maike Evers, Australian real estate professional and television personality Maike Kohl-Richter, the second wife of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl Maike van Niekerk, Canadian activist and entrepreneur Maike Nollen, German sprint canoer Maike Schaunig,…
- Frisian
- German
Meaning & Origin of Maike
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maike is a given name. Notable people with the given name include:Maike Arlt, German volleyball player Maike Becker, German handball player Maike Evers, Australian real estate professional and television personality Maike Kohl-Richter, the second wife of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl Maike van Niekerk, Canadian activist and entrepreneur Maike Nollen, German sprint canoer Maike Schaunig,…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Frisian
- German
The Story of Maike
As a girl name
American parents first put Maike on the record books as a girl name in 1986, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1986, when 5 Maikes were born — ranking #10,911 that year. Maike last appeared in the published SSA data in 1986, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Maike as a boy name dates back to 2024, when 5 babies received it. 2024 was its biggest year on record, with 5 newborns named Maike — #12,301 in the national rankings. Maike last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2020s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Maike
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Names that sound like Maike
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About the name Maike
Maike is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1986 and has accumulated 5 births in the dataset. Maike's peak popularity came in 1986 when it ranked #10,911. Use the chart and map above to compare Maike's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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