Kanika
Girl · KA-ni-ka · Sanskrit
Kanika is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “small particle, grain”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Kanika mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit kanika
“small particle, grain”
Hindu name from the Sanskrit word for a tiny particle or grain.
- Say it
- KA-ni-ka
Is Kanika a girl's or a boy's name?
Kanika is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kanika in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Kanika, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2017, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kanika in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017. 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.
Kanika in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Kanika in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Kanika, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1978, with 95 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Kanika in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kanika in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,709 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,667 |
| 1988 | 24 | #3,800 |
| 1987 | 27 | #3,328 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,026 |
| 1985 | 39 | #2,483 |
| 1984 | 38 | #2,469 |
| 1983 | 32 | #2,720 |
| 1982 | 32 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 60 | #1,830 |
| 1980 | 59 | #1,833 |
| 1979 | 70 | #1,605 |
| 1978 | 95 | #1,281 |
| 1977 | 88 | #1,315 |
| 1976 | 73 | #1,433 |
| 1975 | 76 | #1,381 |
| 1974 | 61 | #1,563 |
| 1973 | 37 | #2,127 |
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