Annika — #961 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Annika

The Social Security Administration has registered 19,337 babies named Annika between 1961 and 2024, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Annika currently holds the #961 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 1,089 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Annika performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 8,786 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Annika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,844 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Annika in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Annika 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 19,337 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.