Girls' name · since 1983
Anaiah
Anaiah has 3,445 recorded births since 1983 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,296 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #855 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,445
- born since 1983
- 2010s
- peak decade
Anaiah currently ranks #855 among girls' names in America, with 3,445 babies recorded since 1983.
Anaiah has 3,445 recorded births among girls since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #855 as of the latest data, more common than 95% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2025.
- #3,296 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #855 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,445 born since 1983
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anaiah ranks #3,296 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #855 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,445 born since 1983, peaking in the 2010s.
- #3,296 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #855 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,445
- born since 1983
- 2010s
- peak decade
Anaiah's 3,445 recorded births place it above 95.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
24 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Anaiah compares
3,445 Top 17% higher than 83% 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
Anaiah's all-time total is 9x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anaiah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,445 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 318 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anaiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Anaiah splits its recorded history at 2010: 73% of all births land in the more recent half, 27% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1983 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 318 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Anaiah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 318
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Anaiah popularity over time - boys
18 total births recorded since 2009 (Anaiah as boys' name)
Anaiah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,281 births, 37% of the file).
2010s was Anaiah's strongest decade.
1,281 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Anaiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 77
1990s
77 births
- 2000s
2000s
840 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,281 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,241 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,281 births (37% of all-time use).
How Anaiah 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 Anaiah's total volume
Anaiah by state
Where Anaiah concentrates geographically, total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 456 | 13.2% |
| #2 | Florida | | 406 | 11.8% |
| #3 | Texas | | 396 | 11.5% |
| #4 | New York | | 214 | 6.2% |
| #5 | Massachusetts | | 92 | 2.7% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 74 | 2.1% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 72 | 2.1% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 52 | 1.5% |
456 of 3,445 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Anaiah appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Anaiah's data
- Anaiah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,281 total births) through the 2020s (1,241) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Anaiahs (456 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 Anaiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1983–2025 (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 Anaiah 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.