Girls' name · since 1988
Anahit
Anahit has 386 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,794 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,267 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 386
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
386 babies have been named Anahit since 1988, making it today's #11267 girls' name.
Anahit has 386 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11267 as of the latest data, more common than 35% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #13,794 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,267 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 386 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anahit ranks #13,794 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,267 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 386 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,794 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,267 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 386
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anahit's 386 recorded births place it above 80.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Anahit compares
386 Top 50% higher than 50% of 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
Anahit's all-time total is 3% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anahit | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 386 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anahit's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Anahit's full recorded timeline at 2008, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Anahit popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Anahit by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (138 births, 36% of the file).
2000s was Anahit's strongest decade.
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Anahit births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
85 births
- 2000s
2000s
138 births
- 2010s
2010s
83 births
- 2020s
2020s
68 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 138 births (36% of all-time use).
Anahit by state
Where Anahit concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 241 | 62.4% |
241 of 386 births nationwide.
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What to do with Anahit's data
- Anahit's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (138 total births) through the 2020s (68) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Anahits (241 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Anahit: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Anahit 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.