# Marika (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marika/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,292 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,292 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 408, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 12 | 9,597 |
| 2011 | 17 | 7,315 |
| 2012 | 21 | 6,261 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,624 |
| 2014 | 12 | 9,339 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18,185 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10,584 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8,603 |
| 2018 | 8 | 12,099 |
| 2019 | 6 | 14,942 |
| 2020 | 5 | 16,659 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,807 |
| 2022 | 8 | 11,864 |
| 2023 | 6 | 14,543 |
| 2024 | 6 | 14,631 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 23 | 1,332 |
| 2011 | 26 | 1,225 |
| 2012 | 22 | 1,428 |
| 2013 | 27 | 1,253 |
| 2014 | 31 | 1,120 |
| 2015 | 19 | 1,601 |
| 2016 | 12 | 2,233 |
| 2017 | 22 | 1,457 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,977 |
| 2019 | 26 | 1,252 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2,073 |
| 2022 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## People named Marika

- Marika Ninou, Armenian-Greek singer (1922–1957)
- Marika Šoposká, Czech actress
- Marika Koroibete, Fijian rugby league and rugby union footballer
- Marika Lehtimäki, Finnish ice hockey player
- Marika Lindholm, Finnish sprinter
- Marika Hackman, British singer-songwriter
- Marika Rivera, French dancer and actress (1919–2010)
- Tove Jansson, Finnish children's writer and illustrator (1914–2001)
- Jonna Tervomaa, Finnish singer-songwriter

## 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.