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How popular is the name Anica?

Births per year, rank history and how many Anicas are alive today.

Anica (female), a spelling of Annika, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2020 (ranked 5493rd); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 2004, when 5 babies were given the name, the 3197th most popular that year.

Across all spellings of the name, the Annika you are most likely to meet is around 12 years old. Half of all Annikas born in England and Wales are between 10 and 23, and there are at least 1,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Annika - on average, only one in every 315 such rooms contains a Annika.

How many babies are named Anica each year?

Includes all spellings: Anica, Annika. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

02040200020201996: 141997: 111998: 201999: 172000: 172001: 262002: 312003: 292004: 462005: 352006: 382007: 442008: 342009: 472010: 352011: 332012: 312013: 532014: 452015: 352016: 322017: 422018: 292019: 372020: 252021: 212022: 402023: 232024: 162025: 13actual

Where does the Anica spelling rank?

1101001,00010,000200020202000: ranked 3,2472004: ranked 3,1972006: ranked 4,1572007: ranked 5,2012013: ranked 4,7392020: ranked 5,493

Where does the Annika spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 1,2961997: ranked 1,5431998: ranked 1,0361999: ranked 1,1602000: ranked 1,3892001: ranked 8712002: ranked 7992003: ranked 8762004: ranked 7012005: ranked 8022006: ranked 8692007: ranked 7932008: ranked 9372009: ranked 7632010: ranked 9652011: ranked 1,0432012: ranked 1,0992013: ranked 7842014: ranked 8422015: ranked 1,0072016: ranked 1,0862017: ranked 8992018: ranked 1,1702019: ranked 9552020: ranked 1,3972021: ranked 1,4542022: ranked 8762023: ranked 1,3712024: ranked 1,8192025: ranked 2,138

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Anica per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 53 in 2013
Anica: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Anica most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Annika, peaked in 2013, when 53 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Anica spelling itself peaked in 2004, with 5 babies.

How many people are called Anica?

At least 1,000 people named Anica in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Anica?

Most living Anicas are between 10 and 23; the most common age is about 12.

Is Anica becoming more or less popular?

It has faded from the rankings.






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