Marika
Meaning and origin
We don't have a sourced origin for Marika yet, and we would rather show nothing than guess.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Marika has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 24 |
| 1999 | 10 |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 7 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 4 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 3,354 |
| 2000 | 3,371 |
| 2001 | 3,404 |
| 2002 | 3,420 |
| 2003 | 3,451 |
| 2004 | 3,462 |
| 2005 | 3,468 |
| 2006 | 3,485 |
| 2007 | 3,493 |
| 2008 | 3,503 |
| 2009 | 3,509 |
| 2010 | 3,514 |
| 2011 | 3,510 |
| 2012 | 3,526 |
| 2013 | 3,519 |
| 2014 | 3,515 |
| 2015 | 3,514 |
| 2016 | 3,515 |
| 2017 | 3,518 |
| 2018 | 3,510 |
| 2019 | 3,483 |
| 2020 | 3,484 |
Marika in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Marika.Hi! My name is Marika.
- Har du träffat Marika? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Marika? She started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Marika kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Marika is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Marikas mamma är lärare.Marika's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Marikas mamma is Marika's mum.
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Questions about Marika
How do you pronounce Marika in Swedish?
In IPA, Marika is /ma²riːka/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
How popular is Marika in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Marika in 2022. In 2020, 3,484 people in Sweden had Marika as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 1998 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.