Aarika
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-REE-ka
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Aarika is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
Where does Aarika come from?
Spelling of Arika, itself a variant of Erika, or a Japanese name
Meaning borrowed from Arika.
Is Aarika a girl's or a boy's name?
Aarika is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aarika in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Aarika, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 7 girls.
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were given Aarika or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,870, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
- Arika 7
- Aarika 6
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Aarika in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
How popular is Aarika in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Aarika, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 53 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Aarika in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aarika in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 28 | #3,785 |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1992 | 44 | #2,728 |
| 1991 | 43 | #2,732 |
| 1990 | 53 | #2,340 |
| 1989 | 36 | #2,980 |
| 1988 | 40 | #2,641 |
| 1987 | 40 | #2,529 |
| 1986 | 34 | #2,778 |
| 1985 | 28 | #3,169 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,526 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 41 | #2,304 |
Names like Aarika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anvika Prisha Advika Akshara Saanvika Avira Hanvika Divisha Arisha Aisha Aavya Tanvika
Other spellings of Aarika
Names related to Aarika
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aarika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aarika, updated 20 October 2026.