Anahid — girls' name
82 babies named Anahid in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
82 girls have been named Anahid since 1924, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2009.
- 82
- total births
- 1924–2009
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
39% of everyone ever named Anahid was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Anahid in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anahid
The Social Security Administration has registered 82 babies named Anahid between 1924 and 2009, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anahid currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anahid performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Anahid shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Anahid in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anahid 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 82 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.
Anahid at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Anahid popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1924
- Peak year (1991)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 86 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
82 total births across 86 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 10 births in a single year.
Anahid by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 32 births that decade — 39% of Anahid's all-time total
Anahid decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 23 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Anahid's strongest decade
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Anahid by state
Where Anahid concentrates geographically — total births since 1924
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 17 | 20.7% |
17 of 82 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 20.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 20.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1924–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.