Girls' name · since 2002
Aniayah
Since 2002, U.S. Social Security records show 163 babies named Aniayah, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,880 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 163
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Aniayah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 163 recorded since 2002.
Aniayah has 163 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 2002 to 2018.
- #21,880 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 163 born since 2002
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aniayah ranks #21,880 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 163 born since 2002, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,880 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 163
- born since 2002
- 2000s
- peak decade
Aniayah's 163 recorded births place it above 69.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Aniayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Aniayah splits its recorded history at 2010: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Aniayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2018
- Peak year (2005)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Aniayah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (87 births, 53% of the file).
2000s was Aniayah's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Aniayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
87 births
- 2010s
2010s
76 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 87 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Aniayah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (87 total births) through the 2010s (76) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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, 2002–2018 (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 Aniayah 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.