Annika

Meaning: Grace; favor
Origin: Swedish (from Hebrew via Latin) — Variant of Anna

Girl's name · #995 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Annika's best rank, #285, came in 2003; it has settled back to #995 today. Roughly 20,000 girls have been named Annika since 1961.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 29 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#68 in Austria (2025) · #277 in Norway (2025) · #447 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,004 in Sweden (2025) · #2,148 in England & Wales (2025) · #474 in Canada (2024).

Famous Annikas

Annika Sörenstam — Swedish American golfer
Annika Beck — German tennis player
Annika Saarikko — Finnish politician
Annika Langvad — Danish cyclist, born 1984
Annika Thor — Author from Sweden

In stories & tradition

Annika (Seven of Nine) — Old Wounds (book)
Annika Bengtzon — The Bomber (book)
Annika Settergren^no — Pippi Longstocking (book)

What Annikas become

Among 1,170 notable people named Annika:

Medical professionals appear 3.44× more often than among typical names — e.g. Annika Linde, Swedish physician, virologist.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Anika (#955), Annika would rank around #573 with about 520 births last year — the newborns split about 51/49 between Anika and Annika.

Similar names: Anika · Paulina · Aniya · Danica · Kaydence · Hanna

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