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How popular is the name Anika?
Births per year, rank history and how many Anikas are alive today.
Anika (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 872nd in 2025 with 40 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2017, when 106 babies were given the name, the 413th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2009, with 93 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2017; the 2025 figure is roughly 38% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years.
The Anika you are most likely to meet is around 13 years old. Half of all Anikas born in England and Wales are between 11 and 26, and there are at least 2,400 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 Anika - on average, only one in every 132 such rooms contains a Anika.
How many babies are named Anika each year?
Where does Anika rank among girls' names?
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.
Common questions
When was the name Anika most popular?
Anika peaked in 2017, when 106 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Anika?
At least 2,400 people named Anika born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Anika?
Most living Anikas are between 11 and 26; the most common age is about 13.
Is Anika becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2017 peak.