girls:
1.1k births since 1970
#4631 (19th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1970
#6654 (14th percentile)
The name Anica is the #6,654 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,085 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 14.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,631 (19.0% percentile) for all time with 1,085 births since 1970.
Anica first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (first recorded for girls in 1970). Birth data for Anica is available in 53 out of the 54 years between 1970 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Anica reached its peak popularity in 1975, achieving the 3.9% percentile (ranked #724) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 22 births per million (ranked 3.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Anica ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 36.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Anica".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Anica. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 31.4% confident that Anica is pronounced as A-nih-kuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-nih-kuh, at 31.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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