Tinika — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tinika

The Social Security Administration has registered 565 babies named Tinika between 1967 and 1996, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tinika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 49 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tinika performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 313 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tinika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Maryland. In total, SSA state-level files list Tinika in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tinika 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 565 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.