Darika — girls' name
67 babies named Darika in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Darika was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Darika in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Darika
The Social Security Administration has registered 67 babies named Darika between 1987 and 2008, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Darika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Darika performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Darika shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Darika 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 67 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.
Darika at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Darika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1987
- Peak year (1991)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
67 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 7 births in a single year.
Darika by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 34 births that decade — 51% of Darika's all-time total
Darika decade highlights
- Peak decade 34 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Darika's strongest decade
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% 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, 1987–2008 (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.