Annika

Where Annika comes from

Borrowed from Swedish Annika.
— Wiktionary's entry for Annika
  • Swedish
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1961
    First appearance
    #5,851 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1970
    Annika Sörenstam born
    Swedish American golfer
  3. 1994
    Annika Beck born
    German tennis player
  4. 2003
    Peak, #285
    1,089 babies named Annika — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2014
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #572.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Swedish [in turn from Hebrew], a Swedish diminutive form of Anna.
Namesakes
  • Annika Sörenstam · Swedish American golfer, born 1970
  • Annika Beck · German tennis player, born 1994
  • Annika Saarikko · Finnish politician, born 1983
  • Annika Langvad · Danish cyclist, born 1984, born 1984
  • Annika Strandhäll · Swedish politician, born 1975

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.