Anijah — #6490 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Anijah

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,375 babies named Anijah between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anijah currently holds the #6490 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 104 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Anijah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 807 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Anijah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 78 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Anijah in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Anijah 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 1,375 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.