Girls' name · since 1978
Anaya
Anaya has 17,997 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,140 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #336 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 17,997
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Anaya is the #336 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 17,997 recorded since 1978.
Anaya has 17,997 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #336 as of the latest data, more common than 98% 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 1978 to 2025.
- #1,140 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #336 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 17,997 born since 1978
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anaya ranks #1,140 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #336 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 17,997 born since 1978, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,140 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #336 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 17,997
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Anaya's 17,997 recorded births place it above 98.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
43 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Anaya compares
17,997 Top 7% higher than 93% 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
Anaya's all-time total is 48x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 17,997 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 911 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Anaya's full recorded timeline at 2004, 89% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 11% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1978, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 911 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Anaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 911
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Anaya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (7,186 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Anaya's strongest decade.
7,186 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Anaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s 42
1980s
42 births
- 1990s 542
1990s
542 births
- 2000s
2000s
5,392 births
- 2010s
2010s
7,186 births
- 2020s
2020s
4,822 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 7,186 births (40% of all-time use).
How Anaya 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 Anaya's total volume
Anaya by state
Where Anaya concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,581 | 14.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,064 | 11.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,644 | 9.1% |
| #4 | Florida | | 1,361 | 7.6% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 849 | 4.7% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 803 | 4.5% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 677 | 3.8% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 559 | 3.1% |
2,581 of 17,997 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Anaya appears in 43 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Anaya's data
- Anaya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (7,186 total births) through the 2020s (4,822) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Anayas (2,581 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Anaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1978–2025 (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 Anaya 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.