Aaniyah — #5362 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Aaniyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,378 babies named Aaniyah between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aaniyah currently holds the #5362 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 104 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aaniyah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 662 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Aaniyah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 135 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Aaniyah in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aaniyah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,378 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.