Girls' name · since 1920
Anny
1,512 babies named Anny in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,668 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,865 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,512
- born since 1920
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Anny is the #2865 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,512 recorded since 1920.
Social Security Administration records show Anny recorded 1,512 times among girls since 1920, holding rank #2865 nationally today, ahead of 83% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2025.
- #5,668 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,865 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,512 born since 1920
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anny ranks #5,668 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,865 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,512 born since 1920, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,668 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,865 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,512
- born since 1920
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anny's 1,512 recorded births place it above 92.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Anny compares
1,512 Top 26% higher than 74% 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
Anny's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anny | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,512 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 68 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anny's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Anny splits its recorded history at 1997: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1920 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 68 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Anny popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 68
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Anny by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (332 births, 22% of the file).
2000s was Anny's strongest decade.
332 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Anny births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 8
1960s
8 births
- 1970s 63
1970s
63 births
- 1980s
1980s
238 births
- 1990s
1990s
244 births
- 2000s
2000s
332 births
- 2010s
2010s
304 births
- 2020s
2020s
307 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 332 births (22% of all-time use).
How Anny 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 Anny's total volume
Anny by state
Where Anny concentrates geographically, total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 294 | 19.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 141 | 9.3% |
| #3 | Texas | | 82 | 5.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 33 | 2.2% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 7 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 6 | 0.4% |
294 of 1,512 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Anny's data
- Anny's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (332 total births) through the 2020s (307) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Annys (294 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 Anny: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~105 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, 1920–2025 (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 Anny 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.