Girls' name · since 2004

Ahni

Ahni has 128 recorded births since 2004 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#24,366 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,065 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
128
born since 2004
2010s
peak decade

128 babies have been named Ahni since 2004, making it today's #16065 girls' name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ahni has been recorded 128 times among girls since 2004, currently ranked #16065 nationally and more common than 7% 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 2004 to 2025.

  • #24,366 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #16,065 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 128 born since 2004
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ahni ranks #24,366 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,065 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 128 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.

#24,366 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#16,065 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
128
born since 2004
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%7.1%
Ahni vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Ahni's 128 recorded births place it above 66.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Ahni compares

128 29th percentile among 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

Ahni's all-time total is 66% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Ahni Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 128 376 567,345
Peak-year births 14 21 19,840

Ahni's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Ahni's full recorded timeline at 2014, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2013, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Ahni popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2014)
14
Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
46810121416 2004200720102014201920232025 5

Ahni by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (55 births, 43% of the file).

2010s was Ahni's strongest decade.

55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.

Ahni births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 55 births (43% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ahni?
Since 2004, Social Security records show 128 babies named Ahni. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #24,366 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #16,065 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2014, with 14 births.
Where does Ahni sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ahni ranks #24,366 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,065 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Ahni most popular?
Ahni was most popular in the 2010s decade with 55 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
How long has the name Ahni been used?
The SSA has tracked Ahni since 2004 -- 22 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Ahni?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ahna, Ahniya, Ahniyah, Ahnika, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Ahni's data

  • Ahni's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (55 total births) through the 2020s (35) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Ahni

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Ahni: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2004–2025 (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 Ahni 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.