Aniyah

#485 for girls in 2025, 618 births · Last seen for boys in 2005 at #11,472
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2010 · 1,739 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
31,207
since 1991

Aniyah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Aniyah has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202010peak #177, 2010girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2020#3091,035—
2019#2901,152—
2018#2911,132—
2017#2911,118—
2016#2711,169—
2015#2461,310—
2014#2251,499—
2013#2171,465—
2012#1911,646—
2011#1971,587—
2010#1771,739—
2009#1811,825—
2008#1841,824—
2007#2051,687—
2006#2221,547—
2005#2311,481#11,4725
2004#2961,102—
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1999#914231—
1998#1,312135—
1997#1,84580—
1996#2,71445—
1995#3,28534—
1994#4,52122—
1993#8,05210—
1992#10,4797—
1991#10,2717—
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First appearance
1991

The first year at least five girls were named Aniyah! It came in at #10,271, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1991–1993, when fewer than 11 girls a year got the name.

Where Aniyah is popular in 2010

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedNHWashington: #680 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,369 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #504 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,426 girlsMNIllinois: #131 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 621 girlsILWisconsin: #181 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 757 girlsWIMichigan: #155 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 717 girlsMINew York: #159 for girls · 118 births · 1 in 789 girlsNYMassachusetts: #191 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 825 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedRIOregon: #513 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,154 girlsORNevada: #252 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 992 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedSDIowa: #434 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,839 girlsIAIndiana: #202 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 842 girlsINOhio: #175 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 822 girlsOHPennsylvania: #124 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 575 girlsPANew Jersey: #173 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 809 girlsNJConnecticut: #191 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 763 girlsCTCalifornia: #336 for girls · 126 births · 1 in 1,675 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedUTColorado: #275 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,088 girlsCONebraska: #270 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 985 girlsNEMissouri: #186 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 804 girlsMOKentucky: #194 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 834 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedWVVirginia: #159 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 699 girlsVAMaryland: #124 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 529 girlsMDDelaware: #58 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 206 girlsDEArizona: #470 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,105 girlsAZNew Mexico: #191 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 677 girlsNMKansas: #255 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,028 girlsKSArkansas: #149 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 597 girlsARTennessee: #228 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,012 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #116 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 555 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #159 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 655 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #64 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 212 girlsDCOklahoma: #189 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 769 girlsOKLouisiana: #91 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 419 girlsLAMississippi: #60 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 282 girlsMSAlabama: #143 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 630 girlsALGeorgia: #102 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 505 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedHITexas: #164 for girls · 196 births · 1 in 814 girlsTXFlorida: #129 for girls · 130 births · 1 in 612 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Delaware#58 · 1 in 206
  2. Mississippi#60 · 1 in 282
  3. District of Columbia#64 · 1 in 212
  4. Louisiana#91 · 1 in 419
  5. Georgia#102 · 1 in 505

Best ever in a state: #44 in Delaware, 2007.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Delaware#58131 in 206
Mississippi#60391 in 282
District of Columbia#64141 in 212
Louisiana#91471 in 419
Georgia#102951 in 505
North Carolina#116811 in 555
Maryland#124461 in 529
Pennsylvania#124921 in 575
Florida#1291301 in 612
Illinois#131981 in 621
Alabama#143301 in 630
Arkansas#149191 in 597
Michigan#155581 in 717
New York#1591181 in 789
South Carolina#159271 in 655
Virginia#159511 in 699
Texas#1641961 in 814
New Jersey#173461 in 809
Ohio#175631 in 822
Wisconsin#181311 in 757
Missouri#186341 in 804
Oklahoma#189221 in 769
Connecticut#191161 in 763
Massachusetts#191311 in 825
New Mexico#191111 in 677
Kentucky#194221 in 834
Indiana#202361 in 842
Tennessee#228291 in 1,012
Nevada#252111 in 992
Kansas#255131 in 1,028
Nebraska#27081 in 985
Colorado#275211 in 1,088
California#3361261 in 1,675
Iowa#43471 in 1,839
Arizona#470151 in 2,105
Minnesota#504101 in 2,426
Oregon#51371 in 2,154
Washington#68091 in 3,369
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See more about Aniyah
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 27 spots since 2024 (#458 → #485)
  • 176 spots since 2020 (#309 → #485)
  • 239 spots since 2015 (#246 → #485)
  • Biggest jump: 398 spots in 1999 (#1,312 → #914)
  • Biggest drop: 86 spots in 2024 (#372 → #458)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1991
  • Peaked 2010 at #177 (1,739 births)
  • Births halved by 2022, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1999–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,007
  • Highest: 1 in 1,007 girls born in 2009 were named Aniyah (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,601 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
  • Its best rank, #177 in 2010, was only 1 in 1,022 (0.10%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 44.3% of all girls named Aniyah (13,817) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s571#914 (1999)#4,821
2000s11,863#181 (2009)#335
2010s13,817#177 (2010)#240
2020s4,956#309 (2020)#390

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Aniyah in 2010

girls
#177
1,739 births · 1 in 1,022 girls

Top girls' names in 2010

  1. #1Isabella22,936
  2. #2Sophia20,656
  3. #3Emma17,366
  4. #4Olivia17,040
  5. #5Ava15,444
  6. #6Emily14,281
  7. #7Abigail14,257
  8. #8Madison13,196
  9. #9Chloe11,765
  10. #10Mia10,650
  11. #177Aniyah1,739
More about 2010

girls

1,777,595 girls got a published name in 2010; 1 in 1,022 of them was named Aniyah, which outranked 99.1% of the 19,841 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aniyah
  1. #174Miranda1,779
  2. #175Alivia1,766
  3. #176Julianna1,751
  4. #177Aniyah1,739
  5. #178Jordan1,728
  6. #179Eden1,725
  7. #180Skylar1,723
Biggest movers since 2009
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,433Tenley#2,892 → #459
  2. ↑ 2,126Elin#2,852 → #726
  3. ↑ 664Jordynn#1,353 → #689
  4. ↑ 623Kynlee#1,509 → #886
  5. ↑ 513Farrah#1,063 → #550
Fallers
  1. ↓ 502Calleigh#834 → #1,336
  2. ↓ 491Marely#851 → #1,342
  3. ↓ 477Analia#331 → #808
  4. ↓ 417Destiney#900 → #1,317
  5. ↓ 326Dayanara#810 → #1,136

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2010 →