Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kanika

#6,073 most common girls' name of all time · #10,248 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1973–2025

Rank among girls
#6,073
Rank overall
#10,248 of 105,966
First appeared
1973
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
1,254
Since 2016
68
Peak year
1978 #1,289
Best rank
#1,289 1978
Girls Boys peak 95/yr
198020002020

Kanika first appears in 1973. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 6 — 6 #13,585
2024 6 — 6 #13,874
2023 6 — 6 #13,842
2022 5 — 5 #15,803
2020 10 — 10 #9,758
2019 6 — 6 #14,175
2018 9 — 9 #10,763
2017 9 — 9 #10,952
2016 11 — 11 #9,603
2014 7 — 7 #13,380
2013 8 — 8 #12,280
2012 6 — 6 #15,402
2011 6 — 6 #15,241
2010 6 — 6 #15,421
2008 5 — 5 #18,108
2007 5 — 5 #18,236
2005 9 — 9 #11,196
2004 10 — 10 #10,145
2003 5 — 5 #16,419
2002 15 — 15 #7,226
2001 8 — 8 #11,357
2000 10 — 10 #9,441
1999 18 — 18 #5,765
1998 15 — 15 #6,518
1997 19 — 19 #5,325
1996 23 — 23 #4,523
1995 21 — 21 #4,770
1994 22 — 22 #4,615
1993 33 — 33 #3,401
1992 22 — 22 #4,623
1991 27 — 27 #3,889
1990 28 — 28 #3,793
1989 27 — 27 #3,757
1988 24 — 24 #3,876
1987 27 — 27 #3,402
1986 20 — 20 #4,148
1985 39 — 39 #2,538
1984 38 — 38 #2,510
1983 32 — 32 #2,774
1982 32 — 32 #2,896
1981 60 — 60 #1,846
1980 59 — 59 #1,861
1979 70 — 70 #1,622
1978 95 — 95 #1,289
1977 88 — 88 #1,324
1976 73 — 73 #1,445
1975 76 — 76 #1,403
1974 61 — 61 #1,577
1973 37 — 37 #2,170