Shikha
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Shikha is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shikha mean?
Sanskrit
A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Shikha a girl's or a boy's name?
Shikha is a girls' name.
How popular is Shikha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Shikha in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shikha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
Names like Shikha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Priya, Isha, Krisha, Shreya, Dhara, Prisha, Sasha, Asha, Vibha, Saanvi, Shriya, Viha
Names related to Shikha
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
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, “Shikha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shikha, updated 20 October 2026.