Given name
Ambika
“in Hinduism, one of the wives of Vichitravirya”
Ambika is used as a given name. One Hindi interpretation is “in Hinduism, one of the wives of Vichitravirya.”
Original Hindiअंबिका
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “in Hinduism, one of the wives of Vichitravirya.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ambika through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 391
- 0 boys · 391 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,161 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,161 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,304 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ambika’s family of names
Ambika has a related form in Ambikah. Ambika has a related form in Ambyka. Ambika has a related form in Ambykah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ambika
- Ambika ModBritish actress, comedian, and writer (born 1995)
- Ambika SoniIndian politicianborn 1942
- Ambika MohanIndian actressborn 1963
- Ambika DhurandharIndian painter (1912-2009)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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