Girls' name · since 1976
Aneesah
Since 1976, U.S. Social Security records show 714 babies named Aneesah, peaking in 1977. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #9,393 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 714
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Aneesah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 714 recorded since 1976.
Aneesah has 714 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2023.
- #9,393 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 714 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aneesah ranks #9,393 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 714 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #9,393 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 714
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Aneesah's 714 recorded births place it above 87% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
Aneesah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Aneesah splits its recorded history at 1998: 36% of all births land in the more recent half, 64% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1987 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1977 peak of 46 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Aneesah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2023
- Peak year (1977)
- 46
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Aneesah by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (197 births, 28% of the file).
1980s was Aneesah's strongest decade.
197 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Aneesah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
157 births
- 1980s
1980s
197 births
- 1990s
1990s
137 births
- 2000s
2000s
144 births
- 2010s 64
2010s
64 births
- 2020s 15
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 197 births (28% of all-time use).
How Aneesah 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 Aneesah's total volume
Aneesah by state
Where Aneesah concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 39 | 5.5% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 36 | 5.0% |
| #3 | California | | 18 | 2.5% |
| #4 | New York | | 16 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.7% |
39 of 714 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- Aneesah's decade-level peak was the 1980s (197 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New Jersey records the most Aneesahs (39 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aneesah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
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, 1976–2023 (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 Aneesah 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.