Manika — girls' name
200 babies named Manika in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Manika was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Manika in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Manika
The Social Security Administration has registered 200 babies named Manika between 1972 and 2019, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Manika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Manika performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Manika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Manika 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 200 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.
Manika at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Manika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1972
- Peak year (1974)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
200 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 15 births in a single year.
Manika by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 69 births that decade — 35% of Manika's all-time total
Manika decade highlights
- Peak decade 69 births
- Runner-up 62 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Manika's strongest decade
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% 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, 1972–2019 (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.