Girls' name · since 2002
Ananiah
Since 2002, U.S. Social Security records show 180 babies named Ananiah, peaking in 2014. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #20,878 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,046 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 180
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ananiah is the #14046 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 180 recorded since 2002.
Ananiah has 180 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #14046 as of the latest data, more common than 19% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #20,878 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,046 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 180 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ananiah ranks #20,878 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,046 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 180 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,878 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,046 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 180
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ananiah's 180 recorded births place it above 71.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ananiah compares
180 35th 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
Ananiah's all-time total is 52% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ananiah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 180 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ananiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ananiah's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ananiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Ananiah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (91 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Ananiah's strongest decade.
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Ananiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
63 births
- 2010s
2010s
91 births
- 2020s 26
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 91 births (51% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ananiah's data
- Ananiah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (91 total births); usage has since declined to 26 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 Ananiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Ananiah 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.