Anneka

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Anneka: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Anneka: Recorded since 1986, its highest recorded position is #356, and it stood at #5,581 in 2021.

2registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
36years from first to last
#356highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2021

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1222
1997	#1074
1998	#1571
1999	#1216
2000	#1389
2001	#2783
2002	#1245
2003	#2191
2004	#2530
2005	#2438
2006	#2137
2007	#2410
2008	#2487
2009	#2759
2010	#2843
2011	#4764
2012	#3681
2013	#2649
2014	#3514
2015	#4736
2016	#4096
2018	#3518
2019	#5591
2020	#4535
2021	#5581

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 25 of the 26 years from 1996 to 2021.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1986–2021 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1986
First recorded at #356 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1986 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1986–1988
Highest recorded position: #356 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1986 (recorded 1986–1988).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #5581 among girls in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Girls

Anneka appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 25 ranked years and 211 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1986.

Anneka across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Anneka's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1222 (1996)	#1074 (1997)	#5581 (2021)	25 of 26	211 (1996–2021)	18 (1997)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#356 (1986)	#356 (1986)	#359 (1988)	3 of 3	17 (1986–1988)	7 (1986)

Anneka by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Anneka in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	60	4 of 10	15
2000sbusiest	93	10 of 10	9
2010s	51	9 of 10	6
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Anneka appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1986 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #356 in Republic of Ireland in 1986.

Anneka's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2649	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2137	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1245	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1389	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1216	16	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1571	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1074	18	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1222	15	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#359	7	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#356	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1986 and 2021, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #356, first reached in 1986.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 10 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Anne-Mette · #195, 39y
Anne-Sofie · #244, 37y
Anneli · #225, 64y
Anneliese · #842, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ericka · #356, 23y
Rayhan · #356, 29y
Alanis · #358, 29y
Juanita · #354, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Seona · #358, 19y
Zarah · #351, 33y
Kelli · #362, 15y
Evanna · #364, 22y

Anneka was ranked #356 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1986. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Anneka and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Anneka without appearing here.

Anneka moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2783 and #2023 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1245 and #3409.
Kristy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3681 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #4684.
Helene Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4736 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #4684.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #5591 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Anneka

Jesse Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2843 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #1489.
Linnea Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3514 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #2496.
Finn Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4736 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #3519.
Maren Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4535 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #3519.

Moved the opposite way to Anneka

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Anneka went from #1222 to #5581 while Ada went from #2683 to #44.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Anneka went from #1222 to #5581 while Alma went from #2096 to #267.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Anneka went from #1222 to #5581 while Alyssa went from #783 to #211.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Anneka went from #1222 to #5581 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1102.

Moved the same way as Anneka

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Anneka went from #1222 to #5581 and Abigail from #21 to #105.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Anneka went from #1222 to #5581 and Aimee from #70 to #1195.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Anneka went from #1222 to #5581 and Aisling from #440 to #1569.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Anneka went from #1222 to #5581 and Alex from #161 to #1866.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1986 to 2021. Highest recorded position: #356 in Republic of Ireland in 1986. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Anneka

Anneka at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Anneka across 2 official records

Anneka by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Anneka appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Anneka

Anneka and the names beside it

Anneka moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Anneka

Moved the opposite way to Anneka

Moved the same way as Anneka

Anneka at a glance

Anneka across 2 official records

Anneka by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Anneka appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Anneka

Anneka and the names beside it

Anneka moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Anneka

Moved the opposite way to Anneka

Moved the same way as Anneka