Unisex name · since 2009
Anhad
Anhad has 205 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,798 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,837 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 205
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Anhad currently ranks #3837 among unisex names in America, with 205 babies recorded since 2009.
Anhad has 205 recorded births among boys since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3837 as of the latest data, more common than 72% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #12,798 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,837 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 205 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anhad ranks #12,798 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,837 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 205 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,798 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,837 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 205
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Anhad's 205 recorded births place it above 71.8% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Anhad compares
205 38th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Anhad's all-time total is 44% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anhad | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 205 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 34 | 22,252 |
Anhad's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Anhad's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2009, with only 8 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 29, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Anhad popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Anhad popularity over time - girls
43 total births recorded since 2022 (Anhad as girls' name)
Anhad by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (114 births, 56% of the file).
2020s was Anhad's strongest decade.
114 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Anhad births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 8
2000s
8 births
- 2010s
2010s
83 births
- 2020s
2020s
114 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 114 births (56% of all-time use).
Anhad by state
Where Anhad concentrates geographically, total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 73 | 35.6% |
| #2 | Washington | | 6 | 2.9% |
73 of 205 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Anhads (73 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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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, 2009–2025 (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 Anhad 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.