Girls' name · since 1988
Annai
Since 1988, U.S. Social Security records show 172 babies named Annai, peaking in 2000. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,356 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 172
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Annai is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 172 have been recorded since 1988.
Annai has 172 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1988 to 2021.
- #21,356 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 172 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Annai ranks #21,356 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 172 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,356 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 172
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Annai's 172 recorded births place it above 70.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Annai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Annai splits its recorded history at 2002: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1991 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Annai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2021
- Peak year (2000)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Annai by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (108 births, 63% of the file).
2000s was Annai's strongest decade.
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Annai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
46 births
- 2000s
2000s
108 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 108 births (63% of all-time use).
Annai by state
Where Annai concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 6.4% |
11 of 172 births nationwide.
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- Annai's decade-level peak was the 2000s (108 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Annais (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Annai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1988–2021 (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 Annai 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.