Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Anneka

Gender

Female

Origin

Unknown
sweet-faced

Pronunciation

a-nne-ka

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2006 (rank #3730, 41 births); most recent 2025 (rank #13208, 6 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
20256
2024–
2023–
2022–
20216
2020–
20196
20188
2017–
20168

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 1997 (rank #1074, 18 births); most recent 2021 (rank #5579, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
20213
20204
20193
20186
2017–
20165

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1988 (rank #359, 7 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 1985 (rank #357, 8 births); most recent 1990 (rank #615, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence