Girls' name · since 1987
Anam
697 babies named Anam in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,540 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,066 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 697
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
697 babies have been named Anam since 1987, making it today's #9066 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anam has been recorded 697 times among girls since 1987, currently ranked #9066 nationally and more common than 48% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #9,540 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,066 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 697 born since 1987
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anam ranks #9,540 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,066 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 697 born since 1987, peaking in the 1990s.
- #9,540 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,066 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 697
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Anam's 697 recorded births place it above 86.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Anam compares
697 Top 39% higher than 61% 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
Anam's all-time total is 85% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anam | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 697 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anam's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Anam's full recorded timeline at 2006, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 8 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 30 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Anam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Anam by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (233 births, 33% of the file).
1990s was Anam's strongest decade.
233 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Anam births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 46
1980s
46 births
- 1990s
1990s
233 births
- 2000s
2000s
146 births
- 2010s
2010s
173 births
- 2020s
2020s
99 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 233 births (33% of all-time use).
How Anam 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 Anam's total volume
Anam by state
Where Anam concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 66 | 9.5% |
| #2 | California | | 29 | 4.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 18 | 2.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 12 | 1.7% |
66 of 697 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Anam's data
- Anam's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (233 total births) through the 2020s (99) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Anams (66 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Anam: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1987–2025 (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 Anam 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.