Sanika — #15723 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Sanika

The Social Security Administration has registered 433 babies named Sanika between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sanika currently holds the #15723 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sanika performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 190 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Sanika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 46 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Sanika in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sanika 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 433 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.