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Annika

Girl

Meaning of Annika: Swedish: 'grace'

Annika is a girl's name most strongly associated with Swedish naming. It has 6 letters and 3 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 968th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 1819th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#968

254 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#1819

16 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

19,594

First recorded 1961 · peak 2003

Trend

falling

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 72 babies1982: 51 babies1983: 63 babies1984: 82 babies1985: 80 babies1986: 81 babies1987: 89 babies1988: 97 babies1989: 115 babies1990: 96 babies19901991: 121 babies1992: 111 babies1993: 121 babies1994: 144 babies1995: 194 babies1996: 334 babies1997: 501 babies1998: 544 babies1999: 558 babies2000: 634 babies20002001: 821 babies2002: 858 babies2003: 1,089 babies2004: 971 babies2005: 979 babies2006: 987 babies2007: 873 babies2008: 807 babies2009: 767 babies2010: 649 babies20102011: 580 babies2012: 573 babies2013: 569 babies2014: 534 babies2015: 543 babies2016: 455 babies2017: 407 babies2018: 393 babies2019: 345 babies2020: 329 babies20202021: 322 babies2022: 336 babies2023: 272 babies2024: 271 babies2025: 254 babies
US babies named Annika per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 1,089.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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