Given name

Sonika

“the golden one”

Sonika is a variant of Sona. One Arabic interpretation is “the golden one.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Sonika is a variant of Sona. One Arabic interpretation is “the golden one.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Sonika is a variant of Sona. An origin associated with Sona is Arabic.

Explained through its name family

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

Sonika through the years

Babies since 1880
148
0 boys · 148 girls
Most popular year
1992
10 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−100%
Cooling
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Sonika in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1979–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

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. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 512 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.

Sonika’s family of names

Sonika has a related form in Sona.

Walk Sonika’s family in the name graph

SonikaSonicaSonykaSonaSonnika

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

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Sibling ideas

Names that share Sonika’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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