# Mirko (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mirko/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 183 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 183 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 27, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 7 | 8,166 |
| 2000 | 6 | 9,905 |
| 2002 | 7 | 9,083 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9,613 |
| 2006 | 8 | 9,293 |
| 2007 | 9 | 8,686 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11,798 |
| 2014 | 16 | 5,634 |
| 2015 | 7 | 10,261 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,598 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,612 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9,376 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,613 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,832 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8,693 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Mirko

- Mirko Hrgović, Bosnian association football player
- Mirko Cro Cop, Croatian mixed martial artist, kickboxer and law enforcement officer
- Mirko Jozić, Croatian footballer
- Mirko Alilović, Croatian handball player
- Mirko Slomka, German association football player and manager
- Mirko Novosel, basketball player and coach (1938–2023)
- Mirko Bašić, Croatian handball player
- Mirko Nišović, Canoe racer
- Mirko Messner, Austrian politician and writer
- Mirko Stojanović, Croatian footballer
- Mirko Bogović, Croatian poet and politician (1816-1893)
- Mirko Marić, association football player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.