Given name
Amika
“one who is a beloved friend”
Amika is a variant of Amica. One Latin interpretation is “one who is a beloved friend.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Amika is a variant of Amica. One Latin interpretation is “one who is a beloved friend.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Amika is a variant of Amica. An origin associated with Amica is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Amika through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 347
- 0 boys · 347 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,012 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +13%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,012 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 12.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 326 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.
Amika’s family of names
Amika has a related form in Amica. In English usage, Amika was borrowed from the Japanese form あみか. In Japanese usage, Amika is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 愛.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 Amika
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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