Annikka

Girls' name

Grace, gracious, through Anna

Annikka has been given to 40 babies in the U.S. since 1995. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1997, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Annikka, 2015

1 in 740,000

Annikka over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Annikka: meaning, origin, and history

Grace, gracious, through Anna

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Annikka means

Annikka belongs to the name family reached through Annikka → Anna. Its meaning is “grace, gracious”.

Origin, language, and formation

Annikka is used in Finnish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Anna and Annika.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Annikka is pronounced /ˈɑnːikːɑ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 40 girls were recorded with the name Annikka between 1995 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1997; its best national rank was #10,938 in 1997.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Annikka?

Annikka had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2015, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2015: 1 in 740,000; 5 of 3,701,574 births
Among girls only: 1 in 357,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2015: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 513,148 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Annikka sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2015 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 513,148 children born in 2015 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Annikka. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Annikkas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Annikka was born before 2003 — so the typical Annikka is around 22 today.

Median birth year: 2003; About 22 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 57.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 40; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 57.5% of all recorded uses (23).

Is Annikka rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1997 (7)
Years since peak: 28; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #10,938; 1997

Spellings of Annikka

Annikka is not the most common spelling — Annika is, with 44.5% against Annikka's 0.09%.

Annika44.5%19,594
Anika38.2%16,804
Annita3.1%1,376
Annissa2.6%1,162
Anvika2.1%936
Anneka1.9%846
Annia1.7%757
Annisa1.6%697

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Annikka by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #10,938; 1997
Peak year: 1997; 7 that year
First recorded: 1995
Last recorded: 2015
All-time count: 40
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Annikka

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Annelis Annifer Anneliz Annesley Annaliya Annarae Annaiah Annaruth Annayah Annique Annaleya Anndria Annicka Annilee Annakay Annetra Annalice Annitra Anngela Annalya Annalou Annaliz Annyssa Annapaula

Sibling names for Annikka

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Dasia Yasmeen Bryana Star Iman Cydney Kalie Reilly

For a brother

Samual Stephon Claudio Demarco Marquez Dontae Ronaldo Deion

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