# Ambika (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ambika/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “mother”, “good woman” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 391 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 391 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 88, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अम्बिका (ambikā, “mother, good woman”).

## What it means

Ambika is grouped under mother.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 10 | 10,862 |
| 2009 | 6 | 15,383 |
| 2010 | 11 | 9,835 |
| 2011 | 8 | 12,248 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9,150 |
| 2013 | 6 | 14,721 |
| 2014 | 5 | 16,701 |
| 2015 | 8 | 11,907 |
| 2016 | 5 | 16,417 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11,427 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,212 |
| 2022 | 6 | 13,707 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,092 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,244 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,161 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 7 | 2,165 |
| 1999 | 8 | 1,970 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,998 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2,540 |
| 2005 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,781 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2009 | 9 | 2,535 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: अंबिका
- Russian: Амбика

## People named Ambika

- Ambika Mod, British actress, comedian, and writer (born 1995)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.