Arnika — #6698 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Arnika

The Social Security Administration has registered 188 babies named Arnika between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Arnika currently holds the #6698 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arnika performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 90 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Arnika shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Arnika in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arnika 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 188 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.