Avantika
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-VUN-ti-ka
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Avantika is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “of Avanti”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Avantika mean?
Sanskrit
“of Avanti”
Ancient name of the city of Ujjain, one of the seven sacred cities of Hinduism.
Is Avantika a girl's or a boy's name?
Avantika is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Avantika in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Avantika, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 10 girls.
2025 had more girls named Avantika than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Avantika in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Avantika in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
How popular is Avantika in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Avantika, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2011, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Avantika in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Avantika in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 40 | #3,780 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
Names like Avantika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anvika Prisha Akshara Arya Aadhya Avira Divisha Viha Advika Varnika Aarya Krisha
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena Shivansh
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, “Avantika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/avantika, updated 20 October 2026.