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The first name Yamika

A girl’s name from Sanskrit meaning “night”.

3 syllables Female

Meaning and origin

Sanskrit origin

Yamika means “night” in Sanskrit.

Borrowed from Sanskrit यामिका (yāmikā, “night”).

More names that mean night.

From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Popularity in the United States

Babies named Yamika at birth, 1880–2025

In 1993, 5 girls born in the United States were named Yamika, the 15,749th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1975, when 8 were.

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50
babies named Yamika since 1880
#15,749
rank in 1993
1975
peak year

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

Yamika in other languages

Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary

यामिका
yāmikā
Hindi

More Sanskrit girls’ names

Questions

What does the name Yamika mean?
Yamika means “night” in Sanskrit.
What is the origin of the name Yamika?
Borrowed from Sanskrit यामिका (yāmikā, “night”).
When was Yamika most popular?
1975 in the United States, when 8 babies were named Yamika, its highest rank at 7,159th.