Girls' name · since 1994
Anijah
Anijah has 1,392 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,989 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,690 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,392
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anijah currently ranks #6690 among girls' names in America, with 1,392 babies recorded since 1994.
Anijah has 1,392 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6690 as of the latest data, more common than 61% 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.
- #5,989 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,690 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,392 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anijah ranks #5,989 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,690 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,392 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,989 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,690 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,392
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anijah's 1,392 recorded births place it above 91.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
20 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Anijah compares
1,392 Top 27% higher than 73% 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
Anijah's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anijah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,392 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 104 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anijah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Anijah's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 37% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 63%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2010 peak of 104, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Anijah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 104
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Anijah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (807 births, 58% of the file).
2000s was Anijah's strongest decade.
807 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Anijah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 72
1990s
72 births
- 2000s
2000s
807 births
- 2010s
2010s
421 births
- 2020s 92
2020s
92 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 807 births (58% of all-time use).
How Anijah 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 Anijah's total volume
Anijah by state
Where Anijah concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 78 | 5.6% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 60 | 4.3% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 52 | 3.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 30 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 30 | 2.2% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 27 | 1.9% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 24 | 1.7% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 23 | 1.7% |
78 of 1,392 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Anijah appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Anijah's data
- Anijah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (807 total births); usage has since declined to 92 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Anijahs (78 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Anijah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
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 Anijah 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.