Shikara — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shikara

The Social Security Administration has registered 68 babies named Shikara between 1978 and 1992, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shikara currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shikara performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shikara shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shikara 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 68 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.