Girls' name · since 1988
Anum
614 babies named Anum in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,395 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,317 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 614
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Anum currently ranks #12317 among girls' names in America, with 614 babies recorded since 1988.
Anum has 614 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12317 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #10,395 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,317 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 614 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anum ranks #10,395 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,317 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 614 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10,395 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,317 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 614
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Anum's 614 recorded births place it above 85.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Anum compares
614 Top 41% higher than 59% 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
Anum's all-time total is 63% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anum | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 614 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anum's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Anum's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2024, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 32, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Anum popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (1992)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Anum by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (222 births, 36% of the file).
1990s was Anum's strongest decade.
222 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Anum births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 42
1980s
42 births
- 1990s
1990s
222 births
- 2000s
2000s
147 births
- 2010s
2010s
165 births
- 2020s 38
2020s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 222 births (36% of all-time use).
How Anum 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 Anum's total volume
Anum by state
Where Anum concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 45 | 7.3% |
| #2 | California | | 31 | 5.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 22 | 3.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 16 | 2.6% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.8% |
45 of 614 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Anum's data
- Anum's decade-level peak was the 1990s (222 total births); usage has since declined to 38 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Anums (45 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Anum: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Anum 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.