Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Annika

Gender

Male

Origin

Native American
Named after most powerful Goddess in Hinduism.
SwedishAnna
Variation of ; Grace

Syllables

3

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Annika

Famous People

Golfer Annika Sorenstam

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2003 (rank #284, 1,089 births); most recent 2025 (rank #995, 254 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
2025254
2024271
2023272
2022336
2021322
2020328
2019345
2018393
2017407
2016455

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 2013 (rank #784, 49 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2137, 13 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202513
202416
202323
202240
202121
202022
201937
201829
201742
201632

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 France

  • Girls: peak in 2012 (rank #3344, 7 births); most recent 2020 (rank #4570, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
20204
2019–
20183
2017–
2016–
2015–
20144

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2012 (rank #768, 4 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 2012 (rank #467, 7 births); most recent 2024 (rank #790, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
20243
2023–
2022–
2021–
20203
2019–
20185
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

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2003 (rank #69, 45 births); most recent 2023 (rank #240, 13 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
202313
20226
202121
202022
201922
201821
201722
201617
201528
201428

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence