Kanika — #13789 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Kanika

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,248 babies named Kanika between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kanika currently holds the #13789 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 95 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kanika performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 500 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kanika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 91 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Kanika in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kanika 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 1,248 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.