Anique — girls' name
305 babies named Anique in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
305 girls have been named Anique since 1979, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2018.
- 305
- total births
- 1979–2018
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
38% of everyone ever named Anique was born in this single decade.
34 babies were named Anique in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anique
The Social Security Administration has registered 305 babies named Anique between 1979 and 2018, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anique currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 34 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anique performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Anique shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Anique in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anique 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 305 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.
Anique at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Anique popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1979
- Peak year (2004)
- 34
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
305 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 34 births in a single year.
Anique by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 115 births that decade — 38% of Anique's all-time total
Anique decade highlights
- Peak decade 115 births
- Runner-up 94 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Anique's strongest decade
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Anique by state
Where Anique concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 1.6% |
5 of 305 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 1.6% of nationwide
- Texas 1.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.6% 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, 1979–2018 (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.