Arika
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-REE-ka
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Arika is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
Where does Arika come from?
Variant of Erika, or a Japanese name
Is Arika a girl's or a boy's name?
Arika is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arika in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 138% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Arika, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Arika in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were given Arika or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,870, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
- Arika 7
- Aarika 6
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Arika in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
How popular is Arika in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Arika, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 109 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966.
2025 had fewer girls named Arika than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Arika in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arika in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,695 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 31 | #4,470 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,241 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,599 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 56 | #3,016 |
| 2005 | 51 | #3,077 |
| 2004 | 59 | #2,738 |
| 2003 | 51 | #2,953 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,776 |
| 2001 | 39 | #3,413 |
| 2000 | 69 | #2,254 |
| 1999 | 57 | #2,498 |
| 1998 | 67 | #2,143 |
| 1997 | 67 | #2,099 |
| 1996 | 48 | #2,587 |
| 1995 | 66 | #2,047 |
| 1994 | 95 | #1,589 |
| 1993 | 108 | #1,469 |
| 1992 | 77 | #1,840 |
| 1991 | 109 | #1,449 |
| 1990 | 80 | #1,792 |
| 1989 | 62 | #2,022 |
| 1988 | 63 | #1,930 |
| 1987 | 70 | #1,719 |
| 1986 | 60 | #1,865 |
| 1985 | 52 | #2,047 |
| 1984 | 39 | #2,420 |
| 1983 | 43 | #2,235 |
| 1982 | 51 | #2,024 |
| 1981 | 49 | #2,085 |
| 1980 | 61 | #1,785 |
| 1979 | 42 | #2,273 |
| 1978 | 36 | #2,431 |
| 1977 | 39 | #2,307 |
| 1976 | 31 | #2,545 |
| 1975 | 25 | #2,881 |
| 1974 | 31 | #2,433 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,634 |
| 1972 | 20 | #3,177 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,166 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,576 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
Names like Arika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha Anvika Advika Akshara Prisha Anika Avira Arisha Anisha Radhika Saanvika Hanvika
Other spellings of Arika
Names related to Arika
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, “Arika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arika, updated 20 October 2026.