Annika Girl
How popular is Annika?
#995 girl name in 2025
254 baby girls were named Annika in the US in 2025, making it the 995th most popular girl name.
Annika popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #995 for girls (▼ 34 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 254 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-53% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #565 in 2015, #830 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2003 (1,089 girls) |
| Highest rank | #285 in 2003 |
| First recorded | 1961 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Annika counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Anika family of names ranked #538 for girls in 2025 (#480 the year before), with 539 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Annika is most popular
Babies named Annika per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 1.0 per 1,000 (109 girls)
- Oregon: 0.5 per 1,000 (33 girls)
- Colorado: 0.5 per 1,000 (54 girls)
- Washington: 0.5 per 1,000 (67 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.4 per 1,000 (46 girls)
Annika by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 74 | #3,609 |
| 1970s | 388 | #1,746 |
| 1980s | 790 | #1,336 |
| 1990s | 2,724 | #471 |
| 2000s | 8,786 | #285 |
| 2010s | 5,048 | #466 |
| 2020s | 1,784 | #830 |
Girl names about as popular as Annika
Questions
- Is Annika a boy or girl name?
- Annika is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Annika were girls.
- How popular is the name Annika?
- 254 baby girls were named Annika in the US in 2025, making it the 995th most popular girl name.
- When was Annika most popular?
- Annika peaked in 2003, when 1,089 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #285 in 2003.
- How many people are named Annika?
- 19,594 babies have been named Annika in the US since 1880. We estimate about 19,388 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Annika most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Annika was most common in Minnesota, at 1.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.