Anaka — girls' name
275 babies named Anaka in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
275 girls have been named Anaka since 1982, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2019.
- 275
- total births
- 1982–2019
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 57%
- born in that decade
57% of everyone ever named Anaka was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Anaka in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anaka
The Social Security Administration has registered 275 babies named Anaka between 1982 and 2019, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anaka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anaka performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 158 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Anaka shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Wisconsin, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Anaka in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anaka 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 275 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.
Anaka at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Anaka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1982
- Peak year (2006)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
275 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 26 births in a single year.
Anaka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 158 births that decade — 57% of Anaka's all-time total
Anaka decade highlights
- Peak decade 158 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Anaka's strongest decade
158 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Anaka by state
Where Anaka concentrates geographically — total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Wisconsin | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 275 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Wisconsin 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Wisconsin accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1982–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.