Nainika
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAI-ni-ka
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Nainika is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “pupil of the eye”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Nainika mean?
Sanskrit: from naina 'eye'
“pupil of the eye”
Is Nainika a girl's or a boy's name?
Nainika is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nainika in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Nainika, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Nainika in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 2 | #7,600 |
How popular is Nainika in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Nainika, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 2008.
2025 had fewer girls named Nainika than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Nainika in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nainika in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,475 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
Names like Nainika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anvika, Arya, Prisha, Nirvana, Divisha, Aadhya, Akshara, Varnika, Vihana, Avira, Nishtha, Viha
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Shivansh
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, “Nainika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nainika, updated 20 October 2026.