Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Marika

Gender

Female

Origin

Hebrew
Bitter

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Marika

Pronunciation

m(a)-ri-ka

More about the name

Marika is a both a given name and surname. As a feminine given name, it is of Hungarian and Greek origin; a diminutive of Maria. Apart from Hungary and Greece, the name is also found in North Macedonia, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Japan, Sweden, Slovakia and Poland.
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Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 1993 (rank #1590, 96 births); most recent 2024 (rank #13427, 6 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
2025–
20246
20236
20228
20218
20205
20196
20188
201713
201610

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2014 (rank #1120, 31 births); most recent 2024 (rank #5890, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
20243
20234
202213
202113
20205
201926
201814
201722
201612

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2004 (rank #685, 65 births); most recent 2023 (rank #5176, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20233
20227
20213
20205
2019–
20189
20173
20167
20157
201410

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2012 (rank #477, 9 births); most recent 2019 (rank #844, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
20193
20183
20174
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #583, 5 births); most recent 2021 (rank #792, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
20213
2020–
2019–
20185
20175
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1977 (rank #328, 7 births); most recent 2002 (rank #549, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence