Anaka
Girl · AH-na-ka · Hebrew
Anaka is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “grace, favour”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Anaka mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Annaka, itself a variant of Annika, a Scandinavian pet form of Anna
“grace, favour”
Annika began in Sweden as a diminutive of Anna, from Hebrew Hannah.
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- AH-na-ka
Meaning borrowed from Annaka.
Is Anaka a girl's or a boy's name?
Anaka is a girls' name.
How popular is Anaka in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the girls named Anaka in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anaka in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
Nicknames for Anaka
Names like Anaka
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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