Niharika — #9840 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Niharika

The Social Security Administration has registered 392 babies named Niharika between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Niharika currently holds the #9840 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Niharika performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 158 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Niharika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Niharika in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Niharika 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 392 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.