Anika

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Anika is a female given name of Arabic, African, Dutch, German, Hebrew, Māori, Sanskrit, and Swedish origin and is also an alternative spelling of the name Annika or Anikha

From Wikipedia

Anika first appears in the data in 1961 and has been recorded in 59 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2006 with 642 babies (rank #485 that year). In 2024 it was given to 311 girls (rank #863). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Anika

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Anika yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

16,529
Total babies (all years)
59
Years in the data
642
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19615#6,605
19655#6,576
19685#7,054
196911#4,436
197016#3,720
197180#1,336
1972161#823
1973134#917
1974158#835
1975157#849
1976147#897
1977135#999
1978120#1,088
1979114#1,162
198095#1,329
1981103#1,253
198289#1,374
1983105#1,212
198478#1,476
1985105#1,276
1986101#1,314
198799#1,373
198884#1,565
198990#1,565
1990106#1,468
1991149#1,174
1992199#964
1993141#1,228
1994152#1,166
1995205#919
1996251#810
1997278#759
1998299#729
1999303#739
2000402#624
2001455#567
2002538#509
2003612#481
2004615#478
2005613#496
2006642#485
2007614#515
2008535#576
2009565#534
2010541#541
2011510#570
2012501#583
2013522#559
2014593#520
2015523#581
2016520#589
2017502#599
2018405#712
2019420#691
2020361#753
2021325#847
2022339#827
2023285#929
2024311#863