Rank 2025
#955
among girls · ↓95 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
269
named Anika · -14% vs 2024
How common
1 in 5,975
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2006
642 babies
All-time total
16,804
#1,186 all-time among girls
First recorded
1961
in Social Security records
By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal
footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.
Where Anika is most popular
Girls named Anika per 1,000 girls born in
each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.189 per 1,000.
Strongest in Washington, New Jersey, and Oregon.
Vs national average well below below near national above well above no data
All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Anika born
2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes
comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.
State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any
state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.
The story of Anika
Anika is uncommon for girls in the United States, ranked #955 in 2025 with 269 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.
Since 1961, 16,804 American babies have been named Anika. Its peak came in 2006, when 642 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2000s.
The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Anika stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.
