Unisex name · since 2010
Azaniah
Since 2010, U.S. Social Security records show 22 babies named Azaniah, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #44,558 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,376 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 22
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Azaniah is the #16376 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 22 recorded since 2010.
Azaniah has 22 recorded births among girls since 2010, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16376 as of the latest data, more common than 5% 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 2010 to 2025.
- #44,558 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,376 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 22 born since 2010
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Azaniah ranks #44,558 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,376 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 22 born since 2010, peaking in the 2020s.
- #44,558 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,376 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 22
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Azaniah's 22 recorded births place it above 37.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Azaniah compares
22 8th 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
Azaniah's all-time total is 94% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Azaniah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 22 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Azaniah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Azaniah splits its recorded history at 2022: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2010 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Azaniah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Currently ranks #16376 among girls.
22 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 7 births in a single year.
Azaniah popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2012 (Azaniah as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Azaniah accounts for 19% of total recorded use across both genders.
Azaniah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (12 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Azaniah's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Azaniah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 12 births (55% of all-time use).
Azaniah decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Azaniah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~15 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, 2010–2025 (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 Azaniah 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.
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