Anahy — #4321 US girls' name
1,378 babies named Anahy in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 76% of names given to girls today.
56% of everyone ever named Anahy was born in this single decade.
94 babies were named Anahy in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anahy
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,378 babies named Anahy between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anahy currently holds the #4321 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 94 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anahy performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 771 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Anahy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 440 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Anahy in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anahy 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 1,378 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.
Anahy at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Anahy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (2004)
- 94
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #4321 among girls.
1,378 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 94 births in a single year.
Anahy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 771 births that decade — 56% of Anahy's all-time total
Anahy decade highlights
- Peak decade 771 births
- Runner-up 237 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Anahy's strongest decade
771 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Anahy by state
Where Anahy concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 440 | 31.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 233 | 16.9% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 31 | 2.2% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 25 | 1.8% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Colorado | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | New York | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Washington | | 5 | 0.4% |
440 of 1,378 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 31.9% of nationwide
- Texas 16.9% of nationwide
- Arizona 2.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.8% of nationwide
- North Carolina 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 31.9% 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, 1989–2024 (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.