Tikva
Tikva is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
- Hebrew
Meaning & Origin of Tikva
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tikva is a name with a single cultural origin: Hebrew.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hebrew
The Story of Tikva
The earliest SSA record of Tikva as a baby girl name dates back to 2016, when 6 babies received it. 2016 was its biggest year on record, with 6 newborns named Tikva — #14,326 in the national rankings. About 55% of every Tikva on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Tikva last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 11 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Tikva
Tikva is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2016 and has accumulated 11 births in the dataset. Tikva's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #14,326. Use the chart and map above to compare Tikva'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.