# Annika (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/annika/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Swedish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Oneika |
| US babies named this | 19,594 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 19,594 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 896, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Annika.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 580 | 507 |
| 2012 | 573 | 528 |
| 2013 | 569 | 525 |
| 2014 | 534 | 572 |
| 2015 | 543 | 566 |
| 2016 | 455 | 645 |
| 2017 | 407 | 707 |
| 2018 | 393 | 722 |
| 2019 | 345 | 802 |
| 2020 | 329 | 830 |
| 2021 | 322 | 852 |
| 2022 | 336 | 835 |
| 2023 | 272 | 957 |
| 2024 | 271 | 963 |
| 2025 | 254 | 995 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 33 | 1,043 |
| 2012 | 31 | 1,099 |
| 2013 | 49 | 784 |
| 2014 | 45 | 842 |
| 2015 | 35 | 1,007 |
| 2016 | 32 | 1,086 |
| 2017 | 42 | 899 |
| 2018 | 29 | 1,170 |
| 2019 | 37 | 955 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1,397 |
| 2021 | 21 | 1,454 |
| 2022 | 40 | 876 |
| 2023 | 23 | 1,371 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,819 |
| 2025 | 13 | 2,138 |

## People named Annika

- Annika Saarikko, Finnish politician
- Annika Langvad, Danish cyclist, born 1984
- Annika Thor, author from Sweden
- Annika Walter, diver
- Annika Dries, American water polo player
- Annika Hocke, German figure skater
- Annika Schleu, German modern pentathlete (1990-)
- Annika Olsen, Faroese politician
- Annika Wendle, German amateur wrestler
- Annika Drazek, German bobsledder and athletics competitor
- Annika Sprink, German field hockey player (1995-)
- Annika Taylor, British cross-country skier

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.