Girls' name · since 2003
Ganiyah
Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 56 babies named Ganiyah, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #33,661 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 56
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ganiyah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 56 recorded since 2003.
Ganiyah has 56 recorded births among girls since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2016.
- #33,661 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 56 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ganiyah ranks #33,661 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 56 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #33,661 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 56
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ganiyah's 56 recorded births place it above 53.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ganiyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ganiyah's full recorded timeline at 2011, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ganiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2016
- Peak year (2007)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Ganiyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (33 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Ganiyah's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Ganiyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
- 2010s
2010s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 33 births (59% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ganiyah: 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, 2003–2016 (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 Ganiyah 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.