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