Anah — #15436 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Anah

The Social Security Administration has registered 435 babies named Anah between 1921 and 2024, spanning 104 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anah currently holds the #15436 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Anah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 180 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Anah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Anah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Anah 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 435 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.