Girls' name · since 1994
Aniah
3,276 babies named Aniah in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,406 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,278 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,276
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Aniah is the #3278 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 3,276 recorded since 1994.
Aniah has 3,276 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3278 as of the latest data, more common than 81% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #3,406 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,278 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,276 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aniah ranks #3,406 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,278 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,276 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,406 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,278 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,276
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Aniah's 3,276 recorded births place it above 95.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
26 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Aniah compares
3,276 Top 17% higher than 83% 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
Aniah's all-time total is 9x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aniah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,276 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 230 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aniah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aniah's full recorded timeline at 2010, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 8 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 230 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aniah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 230
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Aniah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,673 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Aniah's strongest decade.
1,673 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Aniah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 144
1990s
144 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,673 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,100 births
- 2020s 359
2020s
359 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,673 births (51% of all-time use).
How Aniah 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 Aniah's total volume
Aniah by state
Where Aniah concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 341 | 10.4% |
| #2 | California | | 311 | 9.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 207 | 6.3% |
| #4 | New York | | 141 | 4.3% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 129 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 101 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 92 | 2.8% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 85 | 2.6% |
341 of 3,276 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Aniah appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Aniah's data
- Aniah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,673 total births); usage has since declined to 359 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Aniahs (341 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Aniah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1994–2025 (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 Aniah 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.