Amika

#12,008 in 2025Girls' name

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Amika has been given to 347 babies in the U.S. since 1972. In 2025 it ranked #12,008 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1978, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Amika, 2025

1 in 474,000

Amika over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Amika: meaning, origin, and history

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Japanese

What Amika means

Amika means “friendly”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Amika is used in Esperanto.

Another recorded pronunciation is /a.ˈmi.ka/ for Amika.

Origin, language, and formation

Amika is used in English. Its origins include Japanese.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 347 girls were recorded with the name Amika between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1978; its best national rank was #4,623 in 1976.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #11,163 in 2020 to #12,008 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #14,635 in 2015 to #12,008 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Amika?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 230,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #12,008; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Amika sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Amika. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Amikas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Amika was born before 1997 — so the typical Amika is around 28 today.

Median birth year: 1997; About 28 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 22.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 45.2%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 347; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 22.2% of all recorded uses (77).

Is Amika rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −2,408; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −845; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: +2,627; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.17×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 50.0%; Peak was 1978 (14)
Years since peak: 47; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 31.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,623; 1976

Spellings of Amika

Amika is not the most common spelling — Mia is, with 17.5% against Amika's 0.02%.

Mia17.5%310,219
Anita12.1%215,165
Erika7.1%125,664
Camila7.0%123,854
Aria5.4%95,674
Mila4.8%84,489
Alina2.6%45,387
Amaya2.5%43,525

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Amika around the world

Where Amika ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1998–2025
#5,927
in 2025
Canada
2023–2023
#3,391
in 2023
South Australia
1989–2006
#782
in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Amika by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #12,008
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 845
Best rank ever: #4,623; 1976
Peak year: 1978; 14 that year
First recorded: 1972
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 347
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Amika

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Amiria Amirra Amiera Amir Amilah Amire Amila Amily Elika Amiri Amita Amiree Amicia Amilyah Maika Amilya Amisha Amirrah Avika Meika Amity Amiira Onika Amiko

Sibling names for Amika

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Charissa Malissa Karie Karrie Tosha Mandi Kesha Nakia

For a brother

Jerod Torrey Shon Elizabeth Scot Edwardo Tracey Stacey

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