Anaiah — #917 US girls' name
3,126 babies named Anaiah in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 95% of names given to girls today.
41% of everyone ever named Anaiah was born in this single decade.
289 babies were named Anaiah in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anaiah
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,126 babies named Anaiah between 1983 and 2024, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anaiah currently holds the #917 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 289 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anaiah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,280 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Anaiah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 421 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Anaiah in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anaiah 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 3,126 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.
Anaiah at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Anaiah popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1983
- Peak year (2024)
- 289
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
Currently ranks #917 among girls.
3,126 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 289 births in a single year.
Anaiah popularity over time — boys
18 total births recorded since 2009 (Anaiah as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Anaiah accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Anaiah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,280 births that decade — 41% of Anaiah's all-time total
Anaiah decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,280 births
- Runner-up 923 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Anaiah's strongest decade
1,280 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Anaiah by state
Where Anaiah concentrates geographically — total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 421 | 13.5% |
| #2 | Florida | | 359 | 11.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 356 | 11.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 193 | 6.2% |
| #5 | Massachusetts | | 78 | 2.5% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 63 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 61 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 46 | 1.5% |
421 of 3,126 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.5% of nationwide
- Florida 11.5% of nationwide
- Texas 11.4% of nationwide
- New York 6.2% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 23 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Anaiah appears in 23 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, 1983–2024 (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.