Devika
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAY-vih-kah
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Devika is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “little goddess”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Devika mean?
Sanskrit: diminutive of Sanskrit devi 'goddess'
“little goddess”
Devika Rani was a pioneering Indian film actress of the 1930s, called the First Lady of Indian Cinema.
Is Devika a girl's or a boy's name?
Devika is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Devika in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 88% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Devika, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Devika in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2016. 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.
Devika in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,664 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Devika in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Devika, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1993, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Devika in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Devika in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 26 | #3,982 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Devika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Divisha Radhika Prisha Anvika Akshara Varnika Viha Priya Krisha Dhyana Dhriti Saanvika
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, “Devika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/devika, updated 20 October 2026.