Anshika
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AN-shi-ka
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Anshika is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “a small part, particle”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Anshika mean?
Sanskrit: from amsha 'part' with the diminutive ending -ika
“a small part, particle”
Shares its root with the boys' name Ansh, from Sanskrit amsha 'part, portion'.
Is Anshika a girl's or a boy's name?
Anshika is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anshika in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Anshika, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Anshika in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Anshika in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
How popular is Anshika in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Anshika, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Anshika in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anshika in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,154 |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,294 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,096 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 15 | #8,094 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
Names like Anshika
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anvika, Prisha, Akshara, Divisha, Avira, Aadhya, Arya, Advika, Viha, Varnika, Aarya, Saanvika
Names related to Anshika
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Shivansh
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, “Anshika: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anshika, updated 20 October 2026.