Bud of a flower; dark one
In Sanskrit, Kalika primarily refers to a flower bud, symbolizing potential and new life. It is also a diminutive form of Kali, the Hindu goddess of time, change, and destruction, where it carries the meaning of 'the black one' or 'the dark one'.
Less common today
Kalika isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #5,008 in 1996.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
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