Niharika
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning mist; dew; fine rain.
Babies a year
4
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4867
4 babies
Niharika by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Niharika. In the US, 15 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 25 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Niharika. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean water
Like Niharika, each of these has water in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Mayaillusion; mother; water1,259 in England and Wales (2025)
- Riverflowing water; nature name3,114 in the US (2017)
- Brookesmall stream1,616 in the US (2017)
- Taliagod's dew; form of Thalia or Natalia260 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kendraclear water; from a place name734 in the US (2017)
- Rosemarydew of the sea; the herb rosemary687 in the US (2017)
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