Fun Facts About the Name Avantika
- 367 babies named Avantika: U.S. records list 367 babies given the name Avantika from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Avantika Mean?
Avantika (Sanskrit अवन्तिका, Avantikā) is a feminine name of Sanskrit origin. It is customarily glossed as "modest" or "humble," and it is also the feminine form of Avanti, the ancient name of the city of Ujjain and of the surrounding region in central India. The ending -kā is a Sanskrit feminine suffix, so Avantikā is grammatically a feminine form built on Avanti; in that sense it can be read literally as "of Avanti" or "the Avanti woman." The gloss "modest" belongs to avanti as an adjective, while the place sense belongs to the same word used as a proper noun. The deeper root of avanti itself is not firmly settled, so the most literal etymology of the name remains uncertain even though its two customary meanings are well established.
Avantika Name History & Origins
Avanti was one of the sixteen great states (mahājanapadas) of ancient India, located in the Malwa region of what is now Madhya Pradesh, with its capital at Ujjain. Ujjain was itself known as Avantikā, and it served as a major center for trade, for astronomy, and for the worship of Shiva at the Mahakaleshwar temple. The personal name Avantikā grew out of this place name.
As a Sanskrit name, Avantikā passed into the modern Indo-Aryan languages, where it is written अवंतिका in Devanagari and is used mainly by Hindu families in India. The form also traveled with Indian communities abroad, and spellings such as Avantika and Avantikaa appear in English-language use.
How Popular is the Name Avantika?
Avantika has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2011. Its best rank was #3,788 in 2011.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,210 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2024 | #15,563 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #13,670 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #10,498 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #12,378 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #9,642 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #8,195 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2018 | #8,216 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #7,896 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2016 | #6,215 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2015 | #6,500 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2014 | #7,710 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2013 | #5,849 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2012 | #5,730 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2011 | #3,788 | 40 | 0.0023% |
| 2010 | #6,002 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2009 | #7,107 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2008 | #8,172 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2007 | #11,763 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #12,577 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2005 | #11,039 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #10,005 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #6,929 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2002 | #8,923 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2001 | #10,210 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2000 | #15,326 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1997 | #13,975 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #13,176 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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