Aniyah — #462 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Aniyah

The Social Security Administration has registered 30,569 babies named Aniyah between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aniyah currently holds the #462 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 1,825 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aniyah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 13,812 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Aniyah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 3,008 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Aniyah in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aniyah 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 30,569 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.