girl's name

Tanika

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 4,836

Tanika is a girl's name. In 2016 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1982, when 314 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1968.

Tanika over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2016, not a full ten years.

1,823
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
Show the numbers
Births named Tanika by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 26
1970s 1,823
1980s 1,773
1990s 741
2000s 147
2010s (to 2016) 12

How popular is Tanika?

In 2016, Tanika was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Tanika is used

Canada #2,784 7 in 2010
England & Wales #7,153 3 in 2022
United States #14,083 7 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 Tanika

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

Parents who like Tanika also like

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

Sibling names for Tanika

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

Common questions about Tanika

How popular is the name Tanika?

In 2016, Tanika was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Tanika is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Tanika most popular?

Tanika peaked in 1982, when 314 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.