NameTides

Anika

Anika was the #955 girls' name in the US in 2025 (269 babies), and #872 in England & Wales and #397 in Canada.

Anika as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Anika as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaIrelandScotlandUSEngland & Wales
Anika as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#955 (269)#872 (40)#780 (3)—#544 (6)#397 (78)
2024#860 (314)#869 (42)———#417 (73)
2023#923 (287)#706 (51)——#727 (4)#428 (68)
2022#827 (339)#746 (49)——#905 (3)#438 (69)
2021#847 (325)#616 (63)#792 (3)——#424 (73)
2020#753 (361)#872 (41)—#397 (3)#628 (5)#401 (77)
2019#691 (420)#682 (57)——#871 (3)#409 (79)
2018#712 (405)#670 (60)———#471 (68)
2017#599 (503)#413 (106)#501 (6)——#361 (92)
2016#589 (520)#468 (93)#502 (6)——#337 (101)
2015#581 (523)#609 (68)#806 (3)—#751 (4)#359 (94)
2014#520 (593)#448 (97)———#380 (88)
2013#560 (522)#415 (102)———#300 (109)
2012#583 (501)#516 (83)#665 (4)——#324 (98)
2011#570 (510)#545 (76)#810 (3)—#695 (5)#389 (83)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2006 at #484.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1961.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 6,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Anika is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,300 to 1 in 6,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Anika by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #390WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #927ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #859NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #483ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #615PANew Jersey: #618NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #644CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #758VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #949TXFlorida: #1,685FL
Anika (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#32739

Anika (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AnikaCanadaGirls#39778
AnikaEngland & WalesGirls#87240
AnikaIrelandGirls#5446
AnikaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AnikaScotlandGirls#7803
AnikaUSGirls#955269