Anik
- Last seen for girls in 2012 at #16,869
- #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
- Given to boys 96.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2018 · 28 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 415since 1985
Anik over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Anik has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #5,861 | 15 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,433 | 23 | |
| 2023 | — | #5,927 | 15 | |
| 2022 | — | #7,262 | 11 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,855 | 19 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,794 | 28 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,793 | 28 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,594 | 21 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,318 | 17 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,711 | 20 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,066 | 18 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,981 | 18 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #4,131 | 24 |
| 2011 | — | #4,983 | 18 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,087 | 11 | |
| 2009 | — | #7,692 | 10 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,767 | 15 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,640 | 20 | |
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | #9,115 | 7 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,013 | 11 | |
| 2000 | — | #10,349 | 5 | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1985
The first year at least five boys were named Anik! It came in at #5,785, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1986–1994, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Anik is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Anik in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Anik
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,428 spots since 2024 (#4,433 → #5,861)
- 1,006 spots since 2020 (#4,855 → #5,861)
- 1,150 spots since 2015 (#4,711 → #5,861)
Rise & fade · boys
33 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1985
- Peaked 2018 at #3,793 (28 births)
- Births halved by 2021, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 64,079
- Highest: 1 in 64,079 boys born in 2019 were named Anik (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,793 in 2018, was only 1 in 64,863 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 48.9% of all boys named Anik (203) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6 | #5,785 (1985) | #5,785 |
| 1990s | 17 | #7,792 (1995) | #8,709 |
| 2000s | 94 | #4,640 (2007) | #8,106 |
| 2010s | 203 | #3,793 (2018) | #4,846 |
| 2020s | 95 | #4,433 (2024) | #5,839 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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