Boys' name · since 2002
Aniken
Aniken has 126 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,888 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 126
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aniken is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 126 have been recorded since 2002.
Aniken has 126 recorded births among boys since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2024.
- #15,888 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 126 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aniken ranks #15,888 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 126 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,888 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 126
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aniken's 126 recorded births place it above 64.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Aniken's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aniken's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aniken popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2024
- Peak year (2009)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Aniken by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (62 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Aniken's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Aniken births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
39 births
- 2010s
2010s
62 births
- 2020s
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 62 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Aniken's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (62 total births) through the 2020s (25) -- 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, 2002–2024 (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 Aniken 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.