# Tanika (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tanika/  
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 | 4,522 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,522 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 152, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 53 | 2,478 |
| 1998 | 38 | 3,292 |
| 1999 | 42 | 3,145 |
| 2000 | 20 | 5,682 |
| 2001 | 18 | 6,294 |
| 2002 | 15 | 7,404 |
| 2003 | 18 | 6,557 |
| 2004 | 16 | 7,357 |
| 2005 | 12 | 9,391 |
| 2006 | 14 | 8,675 |
| 2007 | 17 | 7,704 |
| 2008 | 11 | 10,733 |
| 2009 | 6 | 17,084 |
| 2012 | 5 | 19,255 |
| 2016 | 7 | 14,192 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 14 | 1,319 |
| 1999 | 17 | 1,160 |
| 2000 | 13 | 1,389 |
| 2001 | 9 | 1,870 |
| 2002 | 9 | 1,928 |
| 2003 | 11 | 1,722 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2,530 |
| 2005 | 15 | 1,500 |
| 2006 | 8 | 2,509 |
| 2007 | 6 | 3,218 |
| 2008 | 6 | 3,397 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |

## 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.