Girls' name · since 1984
Anai
Anai has 2,327 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,248 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,704 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,327
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anai currently ranks #4704 among girls' names in America, with 2,327 babies recorded since 1984.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anai has been recorded 2,327 times among girls since 1984, currently ranked #4704 nationally and more common than 73% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #4,248 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,704 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,327 born since 1984
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anai ranks #4,248 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,704 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,327 born since 1984, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,248 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,704 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,327
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anai's 2,327 recorded births place it above 94.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
12 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Anai compares
2,327 Top 21% higher than 79% 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
Anai's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anai | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,327 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 139 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Anai's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 139, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Anai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 139
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Anai by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,148 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Anai's strongest decade.
1,148 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Anai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 56
1980s
56 births
- 1990s
1990s
562 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,148 births
- 2010s 374
2010s
374 births
- 2020s 187
2020s
187 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,148 births (49% of all-time use).
How Anai compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Anai's total volume
Anai by state
Where Anai concentrates geographically, total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 694 | 29.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 354 | 15.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 93 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 67 | 2.9% |
| #5 | New York | | 51 | 2.2% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 30 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Washington | | 29 | 1.2% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 18 | 0.8% |
694 of 2,327 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Anai appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Anai's data
- Anai's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,148 total births); usage has since declined to 187 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Anais (694 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 Anai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1984–2025 (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 Anai 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.