Srinika
Feminine · “auspicious”
Srinika opens with Sri, the Sanskrit word for prosperity and radiance that is also a title of respect across South Asia.
How old is the name Srinika?
Srinika first appears in US birth records in 2008 — 17 years ago. The typical Srinika is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Srinika are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Srinika most popular?
Srinika peaked in 2015, reaching #3595 nationally. Today it ranks #4546, 951 places below that high. See the whole 2015 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Srinika
Ours, offered as ours. Sri does an unusual amount of work: it is a goddess, an abstract noun for prosperity, the polite title placed before a man's name across India, and the first word of Sri Lanka. Very few words in any language operate simultaneously as a deity, a quality and a courtesy. A name opening with it is drawing on all three at once, whether or not the family separates them.
Meaningscholars disagree
auspicious, radiant
Sanskrit sri means prosperity, beauty and auspiciousness, and is a name of Lakshmi as well as an honorific prefix. The -nika ending is less clear and the compound is a modern construction without a fixed reading.
Pronouncing Srinika
SREE-nih-kah
Three syllables, first stressed; the sr cluster is difficult for English speakers.
Nicknames for Srinika
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2008
- Most girls named
- 201543 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3595reached in 2015
- Change vs 2024
- +3.4%30 in 2025, from 29
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Srinika in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- श्री in Sanskrit — related form
- Srinika in Telugu — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Illinois.
Srinikas among us
people named Srinika are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 53,576 born in 2025 was named Srinika
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Dabney test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Srinika's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Dabney climbed just as high around 1948, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Dabney's path sketches the road Srinika is walking now.
Srinika sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Srinika is headed
Srinika should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Srinika beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Srinika in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A first element with a settled and unusually broad meaning.
- Sri and Nika are both complete short forms in their own right.
- Every vowel is sounded, so it reads correctly at first sight.
- English does not begin words with sr and speakers will insert a vowel.
- The compound has no fixed documented meaning.
- It is unfamiliar outside South Asian communities.
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Frequently asked
- How many Srinikas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Srinika are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Srinika in 2025?
- Srinika ranks #4546 among US girl names in 2025, with 30 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Srinika?
- About 1 in every 53,576 US girls born in 2025 was named Srinika — 30 in all.
- Will my child share the name Srinika with classmates?
- Srinika will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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