Sanika
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAH-ni-ka
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Sanika is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
Where does Sanika come from?
Sanskrit: Indian name used mainly in Marathi families
Is Sanika a girl's or a boy's name?
Sanika is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sanika in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 7 girls.
Sanika in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
How popular is Sanika in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 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, 9 girls in the US were named Sanika, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Sanika in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sanika in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,806 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
Names like Sanika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha Akshara Divisha Saanvika Anvika Saanvi Radhika Varnika Krisha Viha Priya Sanvi
Names related to Sanika
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya
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, “Sanika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sanika, updated 20 October 2026.