Girls' name · since 1998
Aanyah
Aanyah has 78 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,837 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 78
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Aanyah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 78 recorded since 1998.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aanyah has been recorded 78 times among girls since 1998, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. 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 2014.
- #29,837 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 78 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aanyah ranks #29,837 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 78 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #29,837 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 78
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Aanyah's 78 recorded births place it above 58.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Aanyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Aanyah splits its recorded history at 2006: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Aanyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2014
- Peak year (2006)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Aanyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (56 births, 72% of the file).
2000s was Aanyah's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Aanyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
56 births
- 2010s 17
2010s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 56 births (72% of all-time use).
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- Aanyah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (56 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aanyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~16 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, 1998–2014 (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 Aanyah 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.