Boys' name · since 2024
Ahnest
Ahnest has 10 recorded births since 2024 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #34,364 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,617 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 10
- born since 2024
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ahnest currently ranks #13617 among boys' names in America, with 10 babies recorded since 2024.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ahnest has been recorded 10 times among boys since 2024, currently ranked #13617 nationally and more common than 2% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2024 to 2025.
- #34,364 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,617 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 10 born since 2024
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ahnest ranks #34,364 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,617 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 10 born since 2024, peaking in the 2020s.
- #34,364 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,617 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 10
- born since 2024
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ahnest's 10 recorded births place it above 21.08% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ahnest compares
10 3rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Ahnest's all-time total is 97% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ahnest | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 10 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 5 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ahnest's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ahnest's full recorded timeline at 2025, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2024, with just 5 recorded births.
Ahnest popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Ahnest by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (10 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Ahnest's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Ahnest births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 10 births (100% of all-time use).
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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, 2024–2025 (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 Ahnest 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.