girl's name

Mallika

  • Origin Indian
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 377

Mallika is a girl's name. In 2016 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Mallika is a name of Indian origin.
  • Peaked in 2000, when 23 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1977.

Mallika over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2016, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Mallika by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 11
1980s 30
1990s 110
2000s 152
2010s (to 2016) 29

How popular is Mallika?

In 2016, Mallika was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Mallika is used

France #4,356 5 in 1999
England & Wales #4,514 5 in 2010
United States #15,566 6 in 2016

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.

Names that peaked alongside Mallika

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

Parents who like Mallika also like

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

Sibling names for Mallika

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

Common questions about Mallika

How popular is the name Mallika?

In 2016, Mallika was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Mallika is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Mallika most popular?

Mallika peaked in 2000, when 23 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.