Mallika
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Mallika is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Mallika mean?
Sanskrit
A female given name from Sanskrit.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Mallika a girl's or a boy's name?
Mallika is a girls' name.
How popular is Mallika in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 8 girls.
Mallika in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Mallika in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Mallika in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mallika in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
Names like Mallika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maya Safa Khadija Madiha Maliha Halima Aaliyah Maha Amira Hiba Uma Alisha
Names related to Mallika
Malaika Malika Malka Malikah Maleeka Melika Malayka Malkia Maleka
More Sanskrit names
Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena
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, “Mallika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mallika, updated 20 October 2026.