Anica — #9079 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Anica

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,097 babies named Anica between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anica currently holds the #9079 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Anica performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 316 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Anica shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 123 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Anica in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Anica 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 1,097 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.