Ambika
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Ambika is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “mother, good woman”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Ambika mean?
Sanskrit
“mother, good woman”
A female given name from Sanskrit.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Ambika a girl's or a boy's name?
Ambika is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ambika in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Ambika, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2009, with 10 girls.
2025 had more girls named Ambika than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Ambika in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Ambika in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Ambika in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Ambika, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2000, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Ambika in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ambika in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Names like Ambika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anisha, Akshara, Aisha, Radhika, Anika, Avira, Anaya, Anvika, Isha, Anya, Divisha, Varnika
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
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, “Ambika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ambika, updated 20 October 2026.