Mishka
Mishka is a name with a single cultural origin: Russian.
- Russian
Meaning & Origin of Mishka
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mishka is a name with a single cultural origin: Russian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Russian
The Story of Mishka
American parents first put Mishka on the record books as a baby girl name in 1993, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2019, when 80 Mishkas were born — ranking #2,272 that year. About 56% of every Mishka on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Mishka ranks #7,840 for baby girls with 13 births, falling sharply (-63%). All told, over 767 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Mishka
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About the name Mishka
Mishka is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1993 and has accumulated 767 births in the dataset. Mishka's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #2,272. Use the chart and map above to compare Mishka'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.