Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Anica

#6,604 most common girls' name of all time · #11,116 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1970–2025

Rank among girls
#6,604
Rank overall
#11,116 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
1,102
Since 2016
112
Peak year
2001 #3,457
Best rank
#2,404 1975
Girls Boys peak 39/yr
198020002020

Anica first appears in 1970. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5 — 5 #15,338
2024 11 — 11 #9,121
2023 14 — 14 #7,754
2022 11 — 11 #9,225
2021 8 — 8 #11,404
2020 15 — 15 #7,317
2019 14 — 14 #7,832
2018 12 — 12 #8,769
2017 7 — 7 #13,002
2016 15 — 15 #7,725
2015 21 — 21 #6,109
2014 24 — 24 #5,501
2013 15 — 15 #7,863
2012 16 — 16 #7,558
2011 25 — 25 #5,433
2010 31 — 31 #4,648
2009 24 — 24 #5,767
2008 31 — 31 #4,802
2007 39 — 39 #4,009
2006 32 — 32 #4,505
2005 24 — 24 #5,335
2004 30 — 30 #4,537
2003 35 — 35 #3,908
2002 35 — 35 #3,766
2001 39 — 39 #3,457
2000 27 — 27 #4,450
1999 24 — 24 #4,641
1998 12 — 12 #7,712
1997 22 — 22 #4,733
1996 20 — 20 #4,966
1995 18 — 18 #5,336
1994 24 — 24 #4,321
1993 16 — 16 #5,823
1992 15 — 15 #6,154
1991 16 — 16 #5,819
1990 23 — 23 #4,315
1989 16 — 16 #5,429
1988 13 — 13 #6,106
1987 19 — 19 #4,418
1986 13 — 13 #5,645
1985 14 — 14 #5,248
1984 13 — 13 #5,420
1983 22 — 22 #3,655
1982 20 — 20 #3,996
1981 32 — 32 #2,834
1980 25 — 25 #3,393
1979 31 — 31 #2,847
1978 23 — 23 #3,365
1977 24 — 24 #3,250
1976 18 — 18 #3,794
1975 34 — 34 #2,404
1974 14 — 14 #4,421
1973 9 — 9 #6,002
1972 6 — 6 #8,039
1970 6 — 6 #7,839