Nishika — #13952 US girls' name
191 babies named Nishika in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 21% of names given to girls today.
51% of everyone ever named Nishika was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Nishika in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Nishika
The Social Security Administration has registered 191 babies named Nishika between 1986 and 2024, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Nishika currently holds the #13952 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Nishika performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Nishika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Nishika in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Nishika 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 191 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.
Nishika at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Nishika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1986
- Peak year (2013)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
Currently ranks #13952 among girls.
191 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 18 births in a single year.
Nishika by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 98 births that decade — 51% of Nishika's all-time total
Nishika decade highlights
- Peak decade 98 births
- Runner-up 45 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Nishika's strongest decade
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Nishika by state
Where Nishika concentrates geographically — total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.6% |
5 of 191 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1986–2024 (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.