Girls' name · since 1979
Aniya
Aniya has 18,085 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,137 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,075 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 18,085
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
18,085 babies have been named Aniya since 1979, making it today's #1075 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aniya has been recorded 18,085 times among girls since 1979, currently ranked #1075 nationally and more common than 94% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #1,137 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,075 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 18,085 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aniya ranks #1,137 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,075 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 18,085 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,137 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,075 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 18,085
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Aniya's 18,085 recorded births place it above 98.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
40 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Aniya compares
18,085 Top 7% higher than 93% 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
Aniya's all-time total is 48x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aniya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 18,085 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,271 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aniya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aniya's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 80% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 20%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 1,271, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aniya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 1,271
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Aniya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (10,086 births, 56% of the file).
2000s was Aniya's strongest decade.
10,086 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Aniya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 41
1980s
41 births
- 1990s 827
1990s
827 births
- 2000s
2000s
10,086 births
- 2010s
2010s
5,642 births
- 2020s 1,484
2020s
1,484 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 10,086 births (56% of all-time use).
How Aniya 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 Aniya's total volume
Aniya by state
Where Aniya concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,447 | 8.0% |
| #2 | Florida | | 1,165 | 6.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,131 | 6.3% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 1,117 | 6.2% |
| #5 | California | | 1,103 | 6.1% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 1,004 | 5.6% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 999 | 5.5% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 775 | 4.3% |
1,447 of 18,085 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Aniya appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Aniya's data
- Aniya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (10,086 total births); usage has since declined to 1,484 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Aniyas (1,447 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Aniya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Aniya 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.