Recorded 2002–2018 Girls' name Peak 2005 163 births

Aniayah — girls' name

163 babies named Aniayah in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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The verdict

163 girls have been named Aniayah since 2002, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2018.

163
total births
2002–2018
years on record
2000s
peak decade
53%
born in that decade
2000s
Peak decade

53% of everyone ever named Aniayah was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

17 babies were named Aniayah in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Aniayah

The Social Security Administration has registered 163 babies named Aniayah between 2002 and 2018, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aniayah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aniayah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Aniayah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aniayah 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 163 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.

Aniayah at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

163

Since 2002

17 years of records

Peak year

2005

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

2002

Recorded for 17 years

Last year on file: 2018

Aniayah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2002

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2005)
17
Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
05101520 201820152013201120092007200520032002 5

Aniayah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
87 births that decade — 53% of Aniayah's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Aniayah?
163 babies have been named Aniayah since 2002. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2005 with 17 births.
When was Aniayah most popular?
Aniayah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 87 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
How long has the name Aniayah been used?
Aniayah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 17 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Aniayah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Anita, Aniyah, Aniya, Anika, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2002–2018 (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.