Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Annica isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Annica through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 648
- 0 boys · 648 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,153 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,153 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 24.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 37 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 696 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.
Annica’s family of names
In German usage, Annica has a related form in Annika.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
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.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Annica
- Annica SvenssonSwedish association football playerborn 1983
- Annica DahlströmSwedish neuroscientistborn 1941
- Annica SjölundFinnish football playerborn 1985
- Annica ÅhlénSwedish ice hockey playerborn 1975
- Annica HansenGerman presenter and modelborn 1982
- Annica SmediusSwedish actressborn 1964
- Annica RisbergSwedish actor and singerborn 1941
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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