Taika
Taika is a name with a single cultural origin: Finnish.
- Finnish
Meaning & Origin of Taika
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Taika is a name with a single cultural origin: Finnish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Finnish
The Story of Taika
The earliest SSA record of Taika as a baby boy name dates back to 2018, when 8 babies received it. 2022 was its biggest year on record, with 22 newborns named Taika — #4,568 in the national rankings. The 2020s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 87% of all recorded Taikas. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #5,568 among baby boy names with 17 births, rising sharply (+40% over the past five years). In total, more than 135 Taikas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2010s through the 2020s.
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About the name Taika
Taika is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2018 and has accumulated 135 births in the dataset. Taika's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #4,568. Use the chart and map above to compare Taika'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.