Girls' name · since 1983
Aniqua
Since 1983, U.S. Social Security records show 102 babies named Aniqua, peaking in 1994. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,860 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 102
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
Aniqua is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 102 have been recorded since 1983.
Social Security Administration records show Aniqua recorded 102 times among girls since 1983, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 1998.
- #26,860 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 102 born since 1983
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aniqua ranks #26,860 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 102 born since 1983, peaking in the 1990s.
- #26,860 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 102
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
Aniqua's 102 recorded births place it above 62.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Aniqua's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aniqua's full recorded timeline at 1993, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aniqua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1998
- Peak year (1994)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Aniqua by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (91 births, 89% of the file).
1990s was Aniqua's strongest decade.
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 89% of all-time use.
Aniqua births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
91 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 91 births (89% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aniqua: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1983–1998 (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 Aniqua 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.