Given name
Mallika
“resembling jasmine”
Mallika is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “resembling jasmine.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “resembling jasmine.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
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
Mallika through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 332
- 0 boys · 332 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 23 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 6 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 23 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,050 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.
Mallika’s family of names
Mallika has a related form in Malleaka. Mallika has a related form in Malleeka. Mallika has a related form in Malleika.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Mallika
- Mallika SherawatIndian actressborn 1976
- Mallika Sarabhaiactivist and Indian classical dancer from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, Indiaborn 1954
- Mallika SrinivasanIndian businesswomanborn 1959
- Mallika SukumaranIndian actressborn 1954
- Mallika SinghIndian actressborn 2000
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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