| Anika | Trisha | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | brilliance, splendour; epithet of Durga | thirst, strong desire |
| Origin | sanskrit | sanskrit |
| Gender | Girl | Girl |
| Pronunciation | uh-NEE-kah | TRISH-ah |
| Syllables | 3 | 2 |
| First appeared | 1961 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2006 (642) | 1979 (1,777) |
| In 2025 | 269 | 0 |
| Trend | Declining | Vintage |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Anika | Trisha |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 1,895 | 285 |
| 2010s | 5,038 | 1,016 |
| 2000s | 5,591 | 2,036 |
| 1990s | 2,083 | 5,319 |
| 1980s | 949 | 12,807 |
| 1970s | 1,222 | 12,544 |
| 1960s | 26 | 5,494 |
| 1950s | 0 | 567 |
| 1940s | 0 | 229 |
| 1930s | 0 | 5 |
From Sanskrit anika (अनीक), 'splendour, brilliance; also a battle array or army'; used as an epithet of Goddess Durga. Cross-cultural: Anika is independently a Germanic/Scandinavian diminutive of Anna.
From Sanskrit trisha / trishna (तृषा), 'thirst, longing, strong desire'. Cross-cultural: Trisha/Tricia is also an English short form of Patricia ('noble').
Anika is more popular than Trisha today: about 269 US babies were given the name Anika in 2025, compared with 0 named Trisha.
Anika means brilliance, splendour; epithet of Durga (sanskrit origin), while Trisha means thirst, strong desire (sanskrit origin).
In US records, Anika first appears in 1961 and Trisha in 0, so Trisha has the longer recorded history.