Girls' name · since 1996
Anayah
Anayah has 3,672 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,155 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #913 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,672
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
3,672 babies have been named Anayah since 1996, making it today's #913 girls' name.
Anayah has 3,672 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #913 as of the latest data, more common than 95% 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 1996 to 2025.
- #3,155 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #913 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,672 born since 1996
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anayah ranks #3,155 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #913 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,672 born since 1996, peaking in the 2010s.
- #3,155 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #913 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,672
- born since 1996
- 2010s
- peak decade
Anayah's 3,672 recorded births place it above 95.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
26 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Anayah compares
3,672 Top 16% higher than 84% 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
Anayah's all-time total is 10x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anayah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,672 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 289 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Anayah's full recorded timeline at 2011, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 8 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 289 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Anayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 289
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Anayah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (1,589 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Anayah's strongest decade.
1,589 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Anayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 59
1990s
59 births
- 2000s
2000s
872 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,589 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,152 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 1,589 births (43% of all-time use).
How Anayah 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 Anayah's total volume
Anayah by state
Where Anayah concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 477 | 13.0% |
| #2 | Florida | | 438 | 11.9% |
| #3 | Texas | | 396 | 10.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 330 | 9.0% |
| #5 | Massachusetts | | 121 | 3.3% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 102 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 99 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 89 | 2.4% |
477 of 3,672 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Anayah appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Anayah's data
- Anayah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (1,589 total births) through the 2020s (1,152) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Anayahs (477 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 Anayah: 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 (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Anayah 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.