Mahika
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAH-hih-kah
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,171 for girls
Mahika is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 4,171st for girls in the US (34 babies).
Where does Mahika come from?
Sanskrit: modern Hindu name
Is Mahika a girl's or a boy's name?
Mahika is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 34 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mahika in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Mahika, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 11 girls.
2025 had more girls named Mahika than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Mahika in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Mahika in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Mahika in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,171st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 34 about 1 in 47,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 34 girls in the US were named Mahika, making it the 4,171st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,077th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had more girls named Mahika than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Mahika in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mahika in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #4,171 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 25 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 34 | #4,077 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 27 | #5,106 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 35 | #4,298 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
Names like Mahika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anaya, Prisha, Arya, Akshara, Divisha, Anvika, Varnika, Aadhya, Radhika, Maya, Avira, Vihana
Names related to Mahika
More Sanskrit names
Bodhi, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Shivansh, Veer
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, “Mahika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mahika, updated 20 October 2026.