Anari — #4427 US unisex name
1,006 babies named Anari in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 75% of names given to girls today.
49% of everyone ever named Anari was born in this single decade.
76 babies were named Anari in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anari
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,006 babies named Anari between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anari currently holds the #4427 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 76 babies received it in a single year. Anari is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 102 additional births since 2007.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anari performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 492 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Anari shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 59 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Anari in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anari in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,006 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Anari at a glance
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Current rank
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Anari popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2023)
- 76
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #4427 among girls.
1,006 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 76 births in a single year.
Anari popularity over time — boys
102 total births recorded since 2007 (Anari as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Anari accounts for 9% of total recorded use across both genders.
Anari by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 492 births that decade — 49% of Anari's all-time total
Anari decade highlights
- Peak decade 492 births
- Runner-up 306 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Anari's strongest decade
492 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Anari by state
Where Anari concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 59 | 5.9% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 49 | 4.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 45 | 4.5% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 31 | 3.1% |
| #5 | Texas | | 18 | 1.8% |
| #6 | California | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 6 | 0.6% |
59 of 1,006 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Florida 5.9% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.9% of nationwide
- New York 4.5% of nationwide
- North Carolina 3.1% of nationwide
- Texas 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 5.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Anari appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.