Anai — #5655 US girls' name
2,298 babies named Anai in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 68% of names given to girls today.
50% of everyone ever named Anai was born in this single decade.
139 babies were named Anai in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anai
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,298 babies named Anai between 1984 and 2024, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anai currently holds the #5655 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 139 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anai performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,148 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Anai shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 689 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Anai in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anai 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 2,298 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.
Anai at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Anai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1984
- Peak year (2005)
- 139
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
Currently ranks #5655 among girls.
2,298 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 139 births in a single year.
Anai by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,148 births that decade — 50% of Anai's all-time total
Anai decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,148 births
- Runner-up 562 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Anai's strongest decade
1,148 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Anai by state
Where Anai concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 689 | 30.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 354 | 15.4% |
| #3 | Florida | | 93 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 67 | 2.9% |
| #5 | New York | | 51 | 2.2% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 30 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Washington | | 29 | 1.3% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 18 | 0.8% |
689 of 2,298 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 30.0% of nationwide
- Texas 15.4% of nationwide
- Florida 4.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.9% of nationwide
- New York 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 30.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Anai appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1984–2024 (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.