Reika
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RAY-ka
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Reika is a girls' name of Japanese origin, meaning “lovely flower”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Reika mean?
Japanese: Japanese; meaning depends on the kanji
“lovely flower”
One common writing combines rei 'lovely' with ka 'flower', though other kanji are used.
Is Reika a girl's or a boy's name?
Reika is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Reika in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 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, 8 girls in the US were named Reika, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Reika in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Reika in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
Names like Reika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yuna Yumi Rumi Miyori Tru Dakota Yuri Kyomi Yumna Kiyomi Minha Ainhoa
Names related to Reika
More Japanese names
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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, “Reika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/reika, updated 20 October 2026.