Girls' name · since 1998
Aanya
Aanya has 3,732 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,114 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,672 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,732
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Aanya is the #1672 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 3,732 recorded since 1998.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aanya has been recorded 3,732 times among girls since 1998, currently ranked #1672 nationally and more common than 90% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #3,114 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,672 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,732 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aanya ranks #3,114 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,672 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,732 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #3,114 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,672 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,732
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aanya's 3,732 recorded births place it above 95.69% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
23 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Aanya compares
3,732 Top 16% higher than 84% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Aanya's all-time total is 10x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aanya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,732 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 266 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aanya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Aanya splits its recorded history at 2012: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 266 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Aanya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 266
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Aanya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,062 births, 55% of the file).
2010s was Aanya's strongest decade.
2,062 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Aanya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 755
2000s
755 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,062 births
- 2020s
2020s
905 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,062 births (55% of all-time use).
How Aanya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Aanya's total volume
Aanya by state
Where Aanya concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 672 | 18.0% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 385 | 10.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 373 | 10.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 210 | 5.6% |
| #5 | New York | | 160 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 146 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Washington | | 134 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 122 | 3.3% |
672 of 3,732 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Aanya appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Aanya's data
- Aanya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,062 total births) through the 2020s (905) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Aanyas (672 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Aanya
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Aanya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Aanya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.