Girls' name · since 2014
Anova
Anova has 239 recorded births since 2014 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,019 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,065 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 239
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
239 babies have been named Anova since 2014, making it today's #3065 girls' name.
Anova has 239 recorded births among girls since 2014, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3065 as of the latest data, more common than 82% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2014 to 2025.
- #18,019 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,065 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 239 born since 2014
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anova ranks #18,019 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,065 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 239 born since 2014, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,019 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,065 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 239
- born since 2014
- 2020s
- peak decade
Anova's 239 recorded births place it above 75.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
How Anova compares
239 40th 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
Anova's all-time total is 36% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anova | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 239 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 54 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anova's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Anova's full recorded timeline at 2020, 78% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 22% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 54 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Anova popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 54
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Anova by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (186 births, 78% of the file).
2020s was Anova's strongest decade.
186 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Anova births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 53
2010s
53 births
- 2020s
2020s
186 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 186 births (78% of all-time use).
Anova by state
Where Anova concentrates geographically, total births since 2014
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 7 | 2.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 6 | 2.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 2.1% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 5 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 5 | 2.1% |
7 of 239 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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- Georgia records the most Anovas (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia 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 Anova: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2014–2025 (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 Anova 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.