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Anika Name Popularity

How popular is the name Anika? Here’s everything we know.

Year Rank # Births % Births
1910 — 0 0%
1911 — 0 0%
1912 — 0 0%
1913 — 0 0%
1914 — 0 0%
1915 — 0 0%
1916 — 0 0%
1917 — 0 0%
1918 — 0 0%
1919 — 0 0%
1920 — 0 0%
1921 — 0 0%
1922 — 0 0%
1923 — 0 0%
1924 — 0 0%
1925 — 0 0%
1926 — 0 0%
1927 — 0 0%
1928 — 0 0%
1929 — 0 0%
1930 — 0 0%
1931 — 0 0%
1932 — 0 0%
1933 — 0 0%
1934 — 0 0%
1935 — 0 0%
1936 — 0 0%
1937 — 0 0%
1938 — 0 0%
1939 — 0 0%
1940 — 0 0%
1941 — 0 0%
1942 — 0 0%
1943 — 0 0%
1944 — 0 0%
1945 — 0 0%
1946 — 0 0%
1947 — 0 0%
1948 — 0 0%
1949 — 0 0%
1950 — 0 0%
1951 — 0 0%
1952 — 0 0%
1953 — 0 0%
1954 — 0 0%
1955 — 0 0%
1956 — 0 0%
1957 — 0 0%
1958 — 0 0%
1959 — 0 0%
1960 — 0 0%
1961 — 0 0%
1962 — 0 0%
1963 — 0 0%
1964 — 0 0%
1965 — 0 0%
1966 — 0 0%
1967 — 0 0%
1968 — 0 0%
1969 — 0 0%
1970 — 0 0%
1971 — 48 0.0032%
1972 — 120 0.0088%
1973 — 87 0.0067%
1974 — 116 0.0089%
1975 — 123 0.0096%
1976 — 89 0.0069%
1977 — 79 0.0059%
1978 — 65 0.0048%
1979 — 53 0.0038%
1980 — 49 0.0034%
1981 — 44 0.003%
1982 — 38 0.0025%
1983 — 48 0.0033%
1984 — 35 0.0024%
1985 — 68 0.0045%
1986 — 45 0.003%
1987 — 42 0.0028%
1988 — 22 0.0014%
1989 — 49 0.003%
1990 — 61 0.0037%
1991 — 79 0.0048%
1992 — 136 0.0085%
1993 — 72 0.0046%
1994 — 89 0.0058%
1995 — 151 0.01%
1996 — 186 0.0124%
1997 — 232 0.0157%
1998 — 246 0.0164%
1999 — 228 0.0152%
2000 — 356 0.0233%
2001 — 402 0.0267%
2002 — 498 0.0332%
2003 — 580 0.0381%
2004 — 581 0.0381%
2005 — 556 0.0364%
2006 — 593 0.0379%
2007 — 572 0.0363%
2008 — 475 0.0307%
2009 — 512 0.0343%
2010 — 489 0.0339%
2011 — 466 0.0327%
2012 — 460 0.0323%
2013 — 463 0.0325%
2014 — 544 0.0373%
2015 — 467 0.0321%
2016 — 472 0.0327%
2017 — 452 0.0324%
2018 — 353 0.0257%
2019 — 361 0.0267%
2020 — 297 0.0233%
2021 — 261 0.0214%
2022 — 289 0.0219%
2023 — 245 0.0189%

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Names Like Anika

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What names are variants of Anika?

Mix it up with these names that are a variation of the name Anika.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Anaca

Sweet-faced

Anaka

Sweet-faced

Anecky

Sweet-faced

Anikee

Sweet-faced

Annaka

Sweet-faced

Anneka

Sweet-faced

Anneke

Sweet-faced; He (God) has favored me

Hebrew

Annika

Sweet-faced; He (God) has favored me

Hebrew

Aunika

Sweet-faced


What names sound like Anika?

If you like how Anika sounds, you might also like these names that sound like Anika.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Anica

Favored grace; He (God) has favored me

Hebrew

Anicka

Satisfaction

Greek

Aniko

He (God) has favored me

Hebrew

Anka

Favored grace; He (God) has favored me

Hebrew


What names are similar to Anika?

Find a name that’s like Anika, but just a little bit different.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Ann

He (God) has favored me

Hebrew


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Siblings of Anika

Mamas with kids named Anika also have kids with these names.

Name Meaning Origin Popularity Other Gender
Ace

Number one

English

9 Comments

  1. Her father chose the name ‘Anika’ because it has a similar meaning as his name which means warrior or soldier. It also means ‘sweet-faced’ and when we got the chance to see her for the very first time we thought it was very fitting.

  2. It’s a very difficult name for people to actually pronounce. Mine is pronounced (ah-nee-kuh) and it gets called out every way except the way mine is.
    Love how unique it used to be, now it’s a very popular name!

    • My sister name is also Anika and my parents named her in the year 2011 at that time it was actually very rare and unique but now mostly Anika ones changes their name in the years of 2018-2021, but the one who name Anika from the start should be proud

    • Well actually, Anika is not a popular name

  3. I wanted a name that had three syllables, ended in an “ah” sound, was relatively rare, and extra feminine to match her other sisters’ names (Sariah and Ohana). Extra bonus, Anika has Norwegian – Russian – Swedish influences to honor both my heritage (which we only recently learned because I am adopted), and my husband’s late mother, Annette, who died when he was two. My second daughter was born on the 30 year anniversary of her death and Anika was due about six days before her birthday.

    The only thing I don’t like about it, is that it’s so similar to her sisters we often call her the wrong thing.

  4. My Name is Anika so Hi!

  5. Anika means favor or grace, and we talk about the favor of God a lot in our family. It’s also Sweden (or Hebrew) which goes along with my husband’s Scandinavian heritage.

  6. I downloaded a name combining app on my phone and I’ve always told everyone I know that I want my children to have meaning behind there names. I combined my mother(Annette) and my fiance’s mother’s(Karen) names together to get Anika. It’s actually Anika-Rae. I hyphenated it because my fiance’s name is also hyphenated. And Rae comes from my bestfriends middles name Rae. I love that I have gotten so much positive feedback about her name as well.

    • My three month old is named Anika with the middle name Rae!


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