Kalika
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KAH-lee-kuh
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Kalika is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “flower bud”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kalika mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit kalika
“flower bud”
In Sanskrit kalika means a flower bud, and it is also used as a name of the goddess Kali.
Is Kalika a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalika is a girls' name.
How popular is Kalika in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 20 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Kalika in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kalika in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 10 | #8,579 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
Names like Kalika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Radhika, Asha, Aisha, Isha, Krisha, Anika, Khadija, Makayla, Sasha, Kridha, Anisha, Samira
Names related to Kalika
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kalika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kalika, updated 20 October 2026.