Shikha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shikha

The Social Security Administration has registered 278 babies named Shikha between 1982 and 2019, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shikha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shikha performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 83 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shikha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shikha 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 278 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.