Recorded 2001–2021 Girls' name Peak 2007 318 births

Anishka — girls' name

318 babies named Anishka in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s1172010s1882020s13

The verdict

318 girls have been named Anishka since 2001, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2021.

318
total births
2001–2021
years on record
2010s
peak decade
59%
born in that decade
2010s
Peak decade

59% of everyone ever named Anishka was born in this single decade.

2007
Single peak year

28 babies were named Anishka in 2007 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Anishka

The Social Security Administration has registered 318 babies named Anishka between 2001 and 2021, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anishka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Anishka performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 188 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Anishka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 46 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Anishka in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Anishka 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 318 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.

Anishka at a glance

Last recorded 2021

Total births

318

Since 2001

21 years of records

Peak year

2007

28 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2021

Active since

2001

Recorded for 21 years

Last year on file: 2021

Anishka popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2001

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (2007)
28
Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
0102030 20212018201520122009200620032001 6

Anishka by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
188 births that decade — 59% of Anishka's all-time total
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Anishka by state

Where Anishka concentrates geographically — total births since 2001

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Anishka
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
46 14.5%
California share of Anishka's total US births 14.5%

46 of 318 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Anishka?
318 babies have been named Anishka since 2001. It was last recorded in 2021. The peak year was 2007 with 28 births.
When was Anishka most popular?
Anishka was most popular in the 2010s decade with 188 total births. The single peak year was 2007.
Where is Anishka most popular?
The top states for the name Anishka are California (46 births).
How long has the name Anishka been used?
Anishka has been recorded in Social Security data since 2001, spanning 21 years of data through 2021.
What names are similar to Anishka?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Anita, Aniyah, Aniya, Anika, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2001–2021 (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.