MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Niharika mean?
Niharika is built on nihara, the Sanskrit word for mist or heavy dew. Modern Hindi also uses niharika for a nebula, a cloud of gas and dust in space.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
निहारिका
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Niharika in Indian usage
10,842 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (98.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 10,683 records (98.5%).
- Recorded as male: 159 records (1.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 966 |
| 1980s | 4,039 |
| 1990s | 5,457 |
| Other decades | 380 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 3,613 |
| Odisha | 2,189 |
| Bihar | 1,490 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,232 |
| Rajasthan | 799 |
| Jharkhand | 504 |
| Haryana | 394 |
| Uttarakhand | 310 |
| Punjab | 136 |
| Other states | 175 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Niharika / F | 4 | 4,867 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Niharika; Table_6, C5625 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Niharika; Table_6, C5625
- Monier-Williams, nīhāra, p. 565,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: निहारिका ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.