Girls' name · since 1961
Anika
Anika has 16,804 recorded births since 1961 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,186 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #957 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16,804
- born since 1961
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Anika is the #957 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 16,804 recorded since 1961.
Anika has 16,804 recorded births among girls since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #957 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 2025.
- #1,186 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #957 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 16,804 born since 1961
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anika ranks #1,186 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #957 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 16,804 born since 1961, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,186 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #957 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 16,804
- born since 1961
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anika's 16,804 recorded births place it above 98.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
42 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Anika compares
16,804 Top 7% higher than 93% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Anika's all-time total is 45x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anika | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 16,804 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 642 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Anika's full recorded timeline at 1996, 81% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 19% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1961, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 642 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Anika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 642
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Anika by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (5,591 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Anika's strongest decade.
5,591 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Anika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 26
1960s
26 births
- 1970s 1,222
1970s
1,222 births
- 1980s 949
1980s
949 births
- 1990s 2,083
1990s
2,083 births
- 2000s
2000s
5,591 births
- 2010s
2010s
5,038 births
- 2020s 1,895
2020s
1,895 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 5,591 births (33% of all-time use).
How Anika compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Anika's total volume
Anika by state
Where Anika concentrates geographically, total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,872 | 17.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,181 | 7.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,135 | 6.8% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 741 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 723 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Washington | | 630 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Minnesota | | 597 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 574 | 3.4% |
2,872 of 16,804 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.
Anika appears in 42 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Anika's data
- Anika's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (5,591 total births) through the 2020s (1,895) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Anikas (2,872 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Anika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~64 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1961–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Anika draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.