Girls' name · since 1972
Amika
Amika has 347 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,703 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,180 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 347
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
347 babies have been named Amika since 1972, making it today's #12180 girls' name.
Amika has 347 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12180 as of the latest data, more common than 30% of girls, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2025.
- #14,703 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,180 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 347 born since 1972
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Amika ranks #14,703 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,180 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 347 born since 1972, peaking in the 1970s.
- #14,703 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,180 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 347
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Amika's 347 recorded births place it above 79.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Amika compares
347 48th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Amika's all-time total is 8% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Amika | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 347 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Amika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Amika splits its recorded history at 1998: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1985 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1978 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Amika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (1978)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Amika by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (77 births, 22% of the file).
1970s was Amika's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Amika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
77 births
- 1980s
1980s
55 births
- 1990s
1990s
50 births
- 2000s
2000s
63 births
- 2010s
2010s
49 births
- 2020s
2020s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 77 births (22% of all-time use).
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- Amika's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (77 total births) through the 2020s (53) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Amika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~53 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1972–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Amika draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.