How Many People Are Named Shikha?
people named Shikha are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,247,389 people in the US has this name
Based on 278 babies named Shikha in Social Security records from 1982 to 2019, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
14 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "crest, peak" in Sanskrit.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shikha in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shikha alive today is about 25 years old, and 65% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 34 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shikha first appears in the records in 1982 and was given most often in 1996, to 14 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2019.
Babies given the name each year, 1982 to 2019
🏆 Rank History
Shikha has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #6,158, in 1983.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #6,158 (1983) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #11,460 in the 2000s |
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