Anica

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Anica by the numbers

Anica was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 39 babies in 2001, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Anica

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Anica. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Anikasweet-faced or graceful499 in the US (2017)
  • Anitagrace; a diminutive of Ana185 in the US (2017)
  • Anisafriendly; companionable32 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aniagrace; a form of Anna77 in the US (2017)
  • Aninagrace; a form of Anna26 in the US (2017)
  • Anilawind; one of Hindu mythology15 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Anica

Names that are said the same way as Anica, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Annikagrace; a form of Anna404 in the US (2017)
  • Aanikagracious, merciful16 in the US (2017)
  • Ahnikatimeless; a form of Anika8 in the US (2017)
  • Annicagrace or favor; a form of Anna8 in the US (2017)
  • Anaika4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aunika11 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Anica

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