Girls' name · since 2006
Avika
Avika has 569 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,908 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,273 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 569
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
569 babies have been named Avika since 2006, making it today's #6273 girls' name.
Avika has 569 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6273 as of the latest data, more common than 64% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #10,908 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,273 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 569 born since 2006
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Avika ranks #10,908 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,273 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 569 born since 2006, peaking in the 2010s.
- #10,908 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,273 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 569
- born since 2006
- 2010s
- peak decade
Avika's 569 recorded births place it above 84.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Avika compares
569 Top 43% higher than 57% of 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
Avika's all-time total is 51% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Avika | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 569 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 50 | 21 | 19,840 |
Avika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Avika's full recorded timeline at 2017, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 50 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Avika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Avika by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (338 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Avika's strongest decade.
338 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Avika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 30
2000s
30 births
- 2010s
2010s
338 births
- 2020s
2020s
201 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 338 births (59% of all-time use).
How Avika compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Avika's total volume
Avika by state
Where Avika concentrates geographically, total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 114 | 20.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 32 | 5.6% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 22 | 3.9% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 6 | 1.1% |
| #5 | New York | | 6 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.9% |
114 of 569 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Avika's data
- Avika's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (338 total births) through the 2020s (201) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Avikas (114 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Avika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~19 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, 2006–2025 (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 Avika 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.