Anica
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AH-nee-tsah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Anica is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “grace, favour”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Anica mean?
Hebrew: Slovene, Croatian and Serbian pet form of Ana (Hannah)
“grace, favour”
A Slovene, Croatian and Serbian pet form of Ana, the local form of Hannah.
Is Anica a girl's or a boy's name?
Anica is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anica in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 5 girls.
Anica in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
How popular is Anica in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Anica, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 39 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
2025 had fewer girls named Anica than any year since 1971.
Half of all the girls named Anica in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anica in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 39 | #3,982 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 35 | #3,865 |
| 2002 | 35 | #3,726 |
| 2001 | 39 | #3,413 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,897 |
| 1981 | 32 | #2,774 |
| 1980 | 25 | #3,318 |
| 1979 | 31 | #2,795 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 24 | #3,175 |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,677 |
| 1975 | 34 | #2,357 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
Names like Anica
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica Ava Abigail Fatima Isabella Alina Mia Athena Ariella Eliana Francesca Gabriella
Names related to Anica
Anika Aniqa Aniqah Anikah Annica Anicia Anecia Anikka Onica Aunica
More Hebrew names
Noah Elijah James Jack Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie Levi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Anica: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anica, updated 20 October 2026.