Annica
Annica is a name with a single cultural origin: Swedish.
- Swedish
Meaning & Origin of Annica
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Annica is a name with a single cultural origin: Swedish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swedish
The Story of Annica
Annica first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1972, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2007: 37 births, good for #4,131 nationwide. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 37% of all recorded Annicas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2024 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 642 Annicas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Annica
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About the name Annica
Annica is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 642 births in the dataset. Annica's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #4,131. Use the chart and map above to compare Annica'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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