Tanika
Tanika is a given name. Notable people with the given name include:Tanika Anderson, Australian actress and performer Tanika Charles, Canadian soul and R&B singer Tanika Gupta, British playwright Tanika Liburd, Saint Kitts and Nevis athlete Tanika Ray, American entertainment reporter Tanika Sarkar, Indian historian
- African American
Meaning & Origin of Tanika
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tanika is a given name. Notable people with the given name include:Tanika Anderson, Australian actress and performer Tanika Charles, Canadian soul and R&B singer Tanika Gupta, British playwright Tanika Liburd, Saint Kitts and Nevis athlete Tanika Ray, American entertainment reporter Tanika Sarkar, Indian historian
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- African American
The Story of Tanika
The earliest SSA record of Tanika as a baby girl name dates back to 1968, when 10 babies received it. 1982 was its biggest year on record, with 314 newborns named Tanika — #582 in the national rankings. The 1970s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 40% of all recorded Tanikas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2016 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 5K Tanikas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1960s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Tanika
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About the name Tanika
Tanika is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1968 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Tanika's peak popularity came in 1982 when it ranked #582. Use the chart and map above to compare Tanika'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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