Arnika
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AR-ni-ka
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Arnika is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
Where does Arnika come from?
Origin uncertain; arnika is also the German and Czech name of the arnica flower
Is Arnika a girl's or a boy's name?
Arnika is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arnika in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Arnika, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 7 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Arnika in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
How popular is Arnika in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Arnika, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Arnika in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arnika in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
Names like Arnika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anvika Prisha Advika Akshara Saanvika Aavya Hanvika Avira Divisha Aadhya Tanvika Viha
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, “Arnika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arnika, updated 20 October 2026.