Given name & surname
Anika
“a woman graced with God's favor”
Anika is a variant of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Anika is a variant of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anika through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16,804
- 0 boys · 16,804 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 642 babies
- 2025
- 269
- #955 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −31%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 269 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 955 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 30.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 642 in 2006. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (48). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 15,176 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Anika’s family of names
Anika has a related form in Anna. In Slovenian usage, Anika has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Hana. In German usage, Anika has a related form in Annika.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Anika has relatives in 3 languages.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Anika
- Anika Noni RoseAmerican actressborn 1972
- Anika Moaartistborn 1980
- Anika Kabir ShokhBangladeshi actressborn 1993
- Anika NiederwieserItalian handball playerborn 1992
- Anika RahmanLawyer, women's rights advocateborn 1901
- Anika SmitSouth African high jumperborn 1986
- Anika NillesGerman drummerborn 1983
- Anika WellsAustralian politicianborn 1985
- Anika LorenzGerman sailorborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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