Girls' name · since 1998
Anaijah
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 175 babies named Anaijah, peaking in 2010. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,165 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,797 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 175
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
175 babies have been named Anaijah since 1998, making it today's #15797 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Anaijah recorded 175 times among girls since 1998, holding rank #15797 nationally today, ahead of 9% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #21,165 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,797 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 175 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anaijah ranks #21,165 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,797 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 175 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,165 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,797 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 175
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anaijah's 175 recorded births place it above 70.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Anaijah compares
175 34th percentile among 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
Anaijah's all-time total is 53% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anaijah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 175 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anaijah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Anaijah splits its recorded history at 2009: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2010 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Anaijah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Anaijah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (96 births, 55% of the file).
2000s was Anaijah's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Anaijah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
96 births
- 2010s
2010s
62 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 96 births (55% of all-time use).
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What to do with Anaijah's data
- Anaijah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (96 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Anaijah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Anaijah 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.