Girls' name · since 2003
Nandika
91 babies named Nandika in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,205 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 91
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nandika is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 91 have been recorded since 2003.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nandika has been recorded 91 times among girls since 2003, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2018.
- #28,205 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 91 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Nandika ranks #28,205 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 91 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #28,205 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 91
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Nandika's 91 recorded births place it above 60.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Nandika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Nandika's full recorded timeline at 2010, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2018, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Nandika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2018
- Peak year (2008)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Nandika by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (47 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Nandika's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Nandika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
44 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 47 births (52% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Nandika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~15 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, 2003–2018 (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 Nandika 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.