Ania — #2605 US girls' name
3,245 babies named Ania in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 85% of names given to girls today.
44% of everyone ever named Ania was born in this single decade.
181 babies were named Ania in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ania
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,245 babies named Ania between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ania currently holds the #2605 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 181 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ania performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,425 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Ania shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 314 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Ania in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ania 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 3,245 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.
Ania at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ania popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1968
- Peak year (2006)
- 181
- Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
Currently ranks #2605 among girls.
3,245 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 181 births in a single year.
Ania by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,425 births that decade — 44% of Ania's all-time total
Ania decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,425 births
- Runner-up 845 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Ania's strongest decade
1,425 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Ania by state
Where Ania concentrates geographically — total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 314 | 9.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 245 | 7.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 235 | 7.2% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 175 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Florida | | 118 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 84 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 78 | 2.4% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 60 | 1.8% |
314 of 3,245 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 21 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.7% of nationwide
- Texas 7.6% of nationwide
- New York 7.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.4% of nationwide
- Florida 3.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 21 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Ania appears in 21 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, 1968–2024 (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.