Girls' name · since 1972
Kika
11 babies named Kika in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 11
- total births
- 1972–2012
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
Kika sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 11 recorded since 1972.
Social Security Administration records show Kika recorded 11 times among girls since 1972, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2012.
- 11 total births
- 1972–2012 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 55% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Kika's 11 recorded births place it above 25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kika splits its recorded history at 2012: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2012
- Peak year (2012)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Kika by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Kika's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Kika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1972–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Kika: Baby Name Since 1972 - 11 Births, Peak 2012." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kika. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Kika 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 July 2026.