Anishka
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-NISH-ka
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Anishka is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
Where does Anishka come from?
Modern Indian name, perhaps linked to Anisha or Anushka
Is Anishka a girl's or a boy's name?
Anishka is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anishka in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Anishka, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2011, with 8 girls.
2025 had more girls named Anishka than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Anishka in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Anishka in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
How popular is Anishka in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Anishka in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anishka in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
Names like Anishka
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anvika, Prisha, Akshara, Advika, Saanvika, Hanvika, Avira, Arisha, Divisha, Aavya, Arya, Saanvi
Names related to Anishka
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, “Anishka: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anishka, updated 20 October 2026.