Aanika — #7810 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Aanika

The Social Security Administration has registered 363 babies named Aanika between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aanika currently holds the #7810 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aanika performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 174 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Aanika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Aanika in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aanika in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 363 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.