Aarika
Aarika Hughes is an American basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at Loyola Marymount University.
Meaning & Origin of Aarika
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aarika Hughes is an American basketball coach who is currently the head women's basketball coach at Loyola Marymount University.
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The Story of Aarika
The earliest SSA record of Aarika as a baby girl name dates back to 1979, when 41 babies received it. 1990 was its biggest year on record, with 53 newborns named Aarika — #2,345 in the national rankings. About 29% of every Aarika on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Aarika ranks #7,306 for baby girls with 14 births, falling sharply (-16%). All told, over 927 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Aarika
Aarika is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 927 births in the dataset. Aarika's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #2,303. Use the chart and map above to compare Aarika's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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