Anik — #4623 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Anik

The Social Security Administration has registered 399 babies named Anik between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Anik currently holds the #4623 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Anik performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 203 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Anik shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Anik in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Anik 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 399 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.