Given name
Harika
“a superior woman”
Harika is used as a given name. One Turkish interpretation is “a superior woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Turkish interpretation is “a superior woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Turkish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Harika through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 109
- 0 boys · 109 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 16 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 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 830 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.
Harika’s family of names
Harika has a related form in Hareaka. Harika has a related form in Hareakah. Harika has a related form in Hareeka.
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.
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