Girls' name · since 1988
Anyah
1,663 babies named Anyah in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,336 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,630 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,663
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anyah currently ranks #5630 among girls' names in America, with 1,663 babies recorded since 1988.
Anyah has 1,663 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5630 as of the latest data, more common than 67% of girls, 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 2025.
- #5,336 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,630 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,663 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anyah ranks #5,336 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,630 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,663 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,336 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,630 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,663
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anyah's 1,663 recorded births place it above 92.62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
16 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Anyah compares
1,663 Top 25% higher than 75% 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
Anyah's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,663 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 112 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Anyah's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 112, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Anyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 112
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Anyah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (952 births, 57% of the file).
2000s was Anyah's strongest decade.
952 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Anyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 73
1990s
73 births
- 2000s
2000s
952 births
- 2010s
2010s
489 births
- 2020s 144
2020s
144 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 952 births (57% of all-time use).
How Anyah 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 Anyah's total volume
Anyah by state
Where Anyah concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 105 | 6.3% |
| #2 | Florida | | 93 | 5.6% |
| #3 | California | | 74 | 4.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 64 | 3.8% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 53 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 44 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 44 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 31 | 1.9% |
105 of 1,663 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Anyah appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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- Anyah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (952 total births); usage has since declined to 144 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Anyahs (105 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Anyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
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 Anyah 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.