Anik
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Anik is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “army, host”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Anik mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit anika, used in India and Bangladesh
“army, host”
Also a French Canadian girls' name, a form of Annick.
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Is Anik a girl's or a boy's name?
Anik is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anik in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Anik, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Anik in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Anik in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
How popular is Anik in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Anik, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1985.
Half of all the boys named Anik in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anik in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
Names like Anik
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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