Given name & surname
Barika
“a flourishing woman; one who is successful”
Barika is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “a flourishing woman; one who is successful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “a flourishing woman; one who is successful.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Barika through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9
- 0 boys · 9 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 9 in 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Barika’s family of names
Barika has a related form in Baricca. Barika has a related form in Baricka. Barika has a related form in Barikah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Barika, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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