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.
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
59% of everyone ever named Anishka was born in this single decade.
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 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Anishka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2001
- Peak year (2007)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
318 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 28 births in a single year.
Anishka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 188 births that decade — 59% of Anishka's all-time total
Anishka decade highlights
- Peak decade 188 births
- Runner-up 117 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Anishka's strongest decade
188 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
Anishka by state
Where Anishka concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 46 | 14.5% |
46 of 318 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 14.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 14.5% 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, 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.