girls:
16.2k births since 1961
#1175 (79th percentile)
overall:
16.2k births since 1961
#2034 (74th percentile)
The name Anika is the #2,034 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 16,216 recorded births since 1961. This represents the 73.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 73.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,175 (79.5% percentile) for all time with 16,216 births since 1961.
Anika first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1961 (first recorded for girls in 1961). Birth data for Anika is available in 58 out of the 63 years between 1961 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, Anika reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 53.7% percentile (ranked #448) with 307 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 307 births per million (ranked 53.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Anika ranks #674 for girls (28.9% percentile) with 162 births per million, which is 52.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Anika".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Anika", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 20 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Annika" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Annika..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Anika. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.0% confident that Anika is pronounced as uh-NEE-kuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-nih-kuh, at 32.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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