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
0%100%Median name50%5.3%
Azaniah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Azaniah's 22 recorded births place it above 37.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

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

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2022)
7
Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 2010201120222025 5

Azaniah popularity over time - boys

5 total births recorded since 2012 (Azaniah as boys' name)

Unisex variant - 5 births
5 2012 5

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

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 12 births (55% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Azaniah?
Azaniah has been given to 22 babies in the U.S. since 2010, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #44,558 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #16,376 of 17,297. 7 babies were born in 2022, its single highest year.
Where does Azaniah sit in the SSA name archive?
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. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Azaniah most popular?
Azaniah was most popular in the 2020s decade with 12 total births. The single peak year was 2022.
Is Azaniah a unisex name?
Yes, Azaniah is used for both boys and girls. As a girl's name it has 22 births, and as a boy's name it has 5 births.
How long has the name Azaniah been used?
The SSA has tracked Azaniah since 2010 -- 16 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Azaniah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Azalea, Azaria, Azariah, Azalia, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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.

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.