Girls' name · since 1998
Anniah
Anniah has 279 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,518 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,798 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 279
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
279 babies have been named Anniah since 1998, making it today's #15798 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Anniah recorded 279 times among girls since 1998, holding rank #15798 nationally today, ahead of 9% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #16,518 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,798 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 279 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anniah ranks #16,518 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,798 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 279 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,518 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,798 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 279
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Anniah's 279 recorded births place it above 77.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Anniah compares
279 44th percentile among 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
Anniah's all-time total is 26% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anniah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 279 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anniah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Anniah splits its recorded history at 2012: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Anniah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Anniah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (127 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Anniah's strongest decade.
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Anniah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
106 births
- 2010s
2010s
127 births
- 2020s 41
2020s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 127 births (46% of all-time use).
Anniah by state
Where Anniah concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 279 births nationwide.
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What to do with Anniah's data
- Anniah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (127 total births); usage has since declined to 41 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Anniahs (5 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Anniah: 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 (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Anniah 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.