Given name
Tanika
“queen of the fairies”
Tanika is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “queen of the fairies.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “queen of the fairies.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tanika through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,522
- 0 boys · 4,522 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 314 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 7 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 314 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,629 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.
Tanika’s family of names
Tanika has a related form in Taneka. Tanika has a related form in Taniqua. Tanika has a related form in Tanica.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 14
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Tanikquavariant
- Tanekavariant
- Tannikavariant
- Tanikkavariant
- Taniquavariant
- Tanickavariant
- Tanicavariant
- Tanykavariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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