girl's name

Aika

  • Origin Japanese
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 4
  • Births on record 342

Aika is a girl's name. In 2024 it was given to 11 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Aika is a name of Japanese origin.
  • Peaked in 2008, when 19 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1990.

Aika over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

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Births named Aika by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1990s 22
2000s 93
2010s 99
2020s (to 2024) 51

How popular is Aika?

In 2024, Aika was given to 11 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Aika is used

Canada #3,769 5 in 2023
France as Aïka #4,073 5 in 2025
England & Wales #7,082 3 in 2024
United States #9,255 11 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Aika is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Aïka Aïka is Aika written with a diaeresis, used in France, where it ranks #4,073. 25

Names that peaked alongside Aika

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Aika also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Aika over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Aika

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Aika — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Aika

How popular is the name Aika?

In 2024, Aika was given to 11 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Aika a girl's or a boy's name?

Aika is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Aika most popular?

Aika peaked in 2008, when 19 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Aika a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Aika currently ranks #4,073 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.