Annika
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in German: Annika: a diminutive of the female given name Anna, from Low German or Swedish
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/anika/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Annika is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. In Faroe Islands it is the 7th most common given name.
- SESweden1 in 259(measured from records)
- DKDenmark1 in 1.8K
- DEGermany≈1 in 1.8K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 352 (measured from records)
- 1 in 235 (inferred from the name graph)
≈44,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
A female given name from Swedish [in turn from Hebrew], a Swedish diminutive form of Anna.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
How Annika is read(measured from records)
Annika is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 3 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- German41%
Annika: a diminutive of the female given name Anna, from Low German or Swedish
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
) Annike: weibl. Vom., nieder deutsche und schwedische Koseform von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
- English22%
A female given name from Swedish [in turn from Hebrew], a Swedish diminutive form of Anna.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- Swedish18%
Annika: a diminutive of the female given name Anna, from Hebrew
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Annika är ett tyskt namn, ursprungligen en smekform till → Anna. Namnet, äldst i formen Anneke, får under medeltiden formen Annika och blir vanligt i Sverige först i slutet av 1600-talet. Namnet fick ökad popularitet efter en gestalt i Astrid Lindgrens Pippi Långstrump-böcker, som utkom första gången på 1940-talet. I den rikssvenska almanackan 21 april och i den finlandssvenska 9 december.
as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Annika counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #302 | ≈44,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.8K | — | Annika | 238 |
| SE Sweden | #35 | 39,431 | 1 in 259 | 39K | Annika | 149 |
| FI Finland | #570 | 23,663 | 1 in 235 | 25K | Annika | 50 |
| US United States | — | 18,174 | 1 in 18K | 18K | Annika | 352 |
| BJ Benin | #179 | ≈8,900 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | — | Annika | 6 |
| DK Denmark | #356 | 3,320 | 1 in 1.8K | 3.3K | Annika | 109 |
| EE Estonia | #509 | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 674 | 2.7K | Annika | 36 |
| FO Faroe Islands | #7 | ≈3 est. | ≈1 in 20K | 214 | Annika | 8 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Statistics Estonia — Ees- ja perekonnanimed (Population Register); Hagstova Føroya — Given names, living population (PX-Web, 2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Annika is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Swedish: pet form of ANNA , apparently derived from the German dialect from Anniken .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Annika Jankellb. 1961SESwedish television host and journalist
- Guri Schankeb. 1961NOnot in their usual nameNorwegian singer
- Maria Lundqvistb. 1963SEnot in their usual nameSwedish actress
- Annika Hallinb. 1968SESwedish actress
- Annika Sörenstamb. 1970SESwedish American golfer
- Annika Blendlb. 1981DEGerman actress
- Annika Saarikkob. 1983FIFinnish politician
- Annika Beckb. 1994DEGerman tennis player
- Bea Millerb. 1999USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer
- Annika Hockeb. 2000DEGerman figure skater
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 79 sources across 41 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 39K | #105 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 31K | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 25K | #95 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 24K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 18K | #1,701 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 3.3K | #180 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — Ees- ja perekonnanimed (Population Register) | — | 2.7K | #47 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 2.7K | #40 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 254 | — |
| FO Faroe Islands | Hagstova Føroya — Given names, living population (PX-Web, 2024) | — | 214 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 21 | #1,701 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 10 | #37,261 |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Annika?
- A machine transcription gives /anika/ (IPA) for German.
- Is Annika a male or female name?
- Annika is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- Where does the name Annika come from?
- A female given name from Swedish [in turn from Hebrew], a Swedish diminutive form of Anna. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Annika?
- In the etymology graph, Ana, Ann and Nancy are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Annika have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 44 thousand people named Annika in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled annika.
- Where is Annika most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Annika is densest in Finland — about 1 in 235 people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
- What does the name Annika mean?
- In German, Annika: a diminutive of the female given name Anna, from Low German or Swedish
- How common is the name Annika?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 39,431 people named Annika, about 1 in 259 residents.
- How common is Annika compared with other names?
- In Germany, Annika is the 302nd most common given name of 156,202 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/annikaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Annika” — the 302nd most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.