Boys' name · since 2016
Anakyn
Anakyn has 56 recorded births since 2016 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,320 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,634 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 56
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Anakyn is the #11634 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 56 recorded since 2016.
Anakyn has 56 recorded births among boys since 2016, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11634 as of the latest data, more common than 16% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.
- #21,320 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,634 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 56 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anakyn ranks #21,320 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,634 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 56 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,320 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,634 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 56
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Anakyn's 56 recorded births place it above 52.83% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Anakyn compares
56 18th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Anakyn's all-time total is 85% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anakyn | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 56 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Anakyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Anakyn splits its recorded history at 2022: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2020 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Anakyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Anakyn by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (41 births, 73% of the file).
2020s was Anakyn's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Anakyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 15
2010s
15 births
- 2020s
2020s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 41 births (73% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Anakyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
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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, 2016–2025 (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 Anakyn 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.