Anneka — girls' name
840 babies named Anneka in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Anneka was born in this single decade.
41 babies were named Anneka in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anneka
The Social Security Administration has registered 840 babies named Anneka between 1971 and 2021, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anneka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 41 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anneka performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 293 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Anneka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 36 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Anneka in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anneka 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 840 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.
Anneka at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Anneka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1971
- Peak year (2006)
- 41
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
840 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 41 births in a single year.
Anneka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 293 births that decade — 35% of Anneka's all-time total
Anneka decade highlights
- Peak decade 293 births
- Runner-up 172 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Anneka's strongest decade
293 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Anneka by state
Where Anneka concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 36 | 4.3% |
| #2 | Michigan | | 10 | 1.2% |
36 of 840 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.3% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.3% 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, 1971–2021 (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.