Anaika
Anaika Soti is an Indian actress and model. She predominantly works in Tamil films and in a few Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi films.
Meaning & Origin of Anaika
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Anaika Soti is an Indian actress and model. She predominantly works in Tamil films and in a few Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi films.
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The Story of Anaika
Anaika first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2001, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2019: 23 births, good for #5,444 nationwide. About 45% of every Anaika on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Anaika ranks #5,887 for baby girls with 20 births, holding steady (-1%). All told, over 290 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Anaika
Anaika is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2001 and has accumulated 290 births in the dataset. Anaika's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #5,444. Use the chart and map above to compare Anaika's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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