girls:
19.1k births since 1961
#1062 (81st percentile)
overall:
19.1k births since 1961
#1857 (76th percentile)
The name Annika is the #1,857 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 19,058 recorded births since 1961. This represents the 76.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 76.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,062 (81.4% percentile) for all time with 19,058 births since 1961.
Annika first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1961 (first recorded for girls in 1961). Birth data for Annika is available in 62 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, Annika reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 70.4% percentile (ranked #269) with 543 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 543 births per million (ranked 70.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2006, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Annika ranks #687 for girls (27.5% percentile) with 154 births per million, which is 28.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Annika".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Annika. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 81.8% confident that Annika is pronounced as A-nih-kuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-nih-kuh, at 9.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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