Kanika

A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning small; tiny.

Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies

Kanika by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Kanika. In the US, 9 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 95 babies in 1978, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kanika. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kaniya43 in the US (2017)
  • Kania9 in the US (2017)
  • Kamika5 in the US (2017)
  • Kamilaperfect; complete; a form of Kamil1,100 in the US (2017)
  • Karinapure; a form of Carina or Karen562 in the US (2017)
  • Kalinarowan tree; mountain ash147 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kanika

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