Kanika
Kanika is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 197895 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1973
- 1,248people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,248 girls have been named Kanika in the United States since 1973, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1978, with 95 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1982, and the 1970s alone account for 40%.
By decade
In 1978, its biggest year
Kanika was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1978 were Jennifer, Melissa, Jessica, Amy and Heather. See all of 1978.
Names that rose and fell with Kanika
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rashidapeak 1977
- Nikiapeak 1975
- Seasonpeak 1979
- Tanikapeak 1982
- Shawntepeak 1977
- Nakiapeak 1974
- Nikishapeak 1977
- Lakeyshapeak 1977
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.