Amika — #9682 US girls' name
340 babies named Amika in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 45% of names given to girls today.
23% of everyone ever named Amika was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Amika in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Amika
The Social Security Administration has registered 340 babies named Amika between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Amika currently holds the #9682 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Amika performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Amika shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Amika in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 340 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Amika at a glance
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Current rank
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Amika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1972
- Peak year (1978)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
Currently ranks #9682 among girls.
340 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 14 births in a single year.
Amika by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 77 births that decade — 23% of Amika's all-time total
Amika decade highlights
- Peak decade 77 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Amika's strongest decade
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1972–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.