Girls' name · since 1996
Anajah
Anajah has 322 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,321 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,848 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 322
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
322 babies have been named Anajah since 1996, making it today's #13848 girls' name.
Anajah has 322 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13848 as of the latest data, more common than 20% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #15,321 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,848 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 322 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anajah ranks #15,321 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,848 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 322 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,321 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,848 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 322
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anajah's 322 recorded births place it above 78.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Pennsylvania.
How Anajah compares
322 46th 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
Anajah's all-time total is 14% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anajah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 322 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anajah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Anajah splits its recorded history at 2007: 39% of all births land in the more recent half, 61% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 32 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Anajah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Anajah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (215 births, 67% of the file).
2000s was Anajah's strongest decade.
215 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Anajah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 33
1990s
33 births
- 2000s
2000s
215 births
- 2010s 62
2010s
62 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 215 births (67% of all-time use).
Anajah by state
Where Anajah concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 12 | 3.7% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.6% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.6% |
12 of 322 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Anajah's data
- Anajah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (215 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.
- Pennsylvania records the most Anajahs (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania 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 Anajah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Anajah 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.