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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202013peak #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—
2003#350886—
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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 2013

  • 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: #337 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,491 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: #356 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,611 girlsMNIllinois: #210 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 950 girlsILWisconsin: #240 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,003 girlsWIMichigan: #211 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 925 girlsMINew York: #281 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 1,383 girlsNYMassachusetts: #284 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,269 girlsMARhode Island: #112 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 363 girlsRIOregon: #413 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,668 girlsORNevada: #260 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 958 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedIAIndiana: #182 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 765 girlsINOhio: #180 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 822 girlsOHPennsylvania: #197 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 854 girlsPANew Jersey: #253 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,177 girlsNJConnecticut: #213 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 839 girlsCTCalifornia: #350 for girls · 115 births · 1 in 1,784 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedUTColorado: #243 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 988 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedNEMissouri: #171 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 711 girlsMOKentucky: #218 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 925 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedWVVirginia: #191 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 864 girlsVAMaryland: #153 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 619 girlsMDDelaware: #98 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 286 girlsDEArizona: #210 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 931 girlsAZNew Mexico: #282 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 964 girlsNMKansas: #209 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 804 girlsKSArkansas: #223 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 870 girlsARTennessee: #198 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 850 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #138 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 624 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #156 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 674 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #172 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 475 girlsDCOklahoma: #201 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 793 girlsOKLouisiana: #125 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 545 girlsLAMississippi: #90 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 364 girlsMSAlabama: #178 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 718 girlsALGeorgia: #158 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 739 girlsGAHawaii: #217 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 653 girlsHITexas: #208 for girls · 153 births · 1 in 1,052 girlsTXFlorida: #140 for girls · 122 births · 1 in 665 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#90 · 1 in 364
  2. Delaware#98 · 1 in 286
  3. Rhode Island#112 · 1 in 363
  4. Louisiana#125 · 1 in 545
  5. North Carolina#138 · 1 in 624

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#90301 in 364
Delaware#9891 in 286
Rhode Island#11281 in 363
Louisiana#125371 in 545
North Carolina#138711 in 624
Florida#1401221 in 665
Maryland#153381 in 619
South Carolina#156261 in 674
Georgia#158631 in 739
Missouri#171381 in 711
District of Columbia#17271 in 475
Alabama#178261 in 718
Ohio#180641 in 822
Indiana#182391 in 765
Virginia#191421 in 864
Pennsylvania#197611 in 854
Tennessee#198351 in 850
Oklahoma#201211 in 793
Texas#2081531 in 1,052
Kansas#209161 in 804
Arizona#210331 in 931
Illinois#210611 in 950
Michigan#211451 in 925
Connecticut#213141 in 839
Hawaii#21751 in 653
Kentucky#218201 in 925
Arkansas#223131 in 870
Wisconsin#240231 in 1,003
Colorado#243231 in 988
New Jersey#253311 in 1,177
Nevada#260111 in 958
New York#281661 in 1,383
New Mexico#28271 in 964
Massachusetts#284201 in 1,269
Washington#337201 in 1,491
California#3501151 in 1,784
Minnesota#356151 in 1,611
Oregon#41391 in 1,668
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 2013

girls
#217
1,465 births · 1 in 1,198 girls

Top girls' names in 2013

  1. #1Sophia21,255
  2. #2Emma20,973
  3. #3Olivia18,454
  4. #4Isabella17,689
  5. #5Ava15,271
  6. #6Mia13,166
  7. #7Emily13,144
  8. #8Abigail12,429
  9. #9Madison10,605
  10. #10Elizabeth9,476
  11. #217Aniyah1,465
More about 2013

girls

1,754,746 girls got a published name in 2013; 1 in 1,198 of them was named Aniyah, which outranked 98.9% of the 19,279 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aniyah
  1. #214Brynn1,487
  2. #215Leila1,472
  3. #216Mckenna1,471
  4. #217Aniyah1,465
  5. #217Genevieve1,465
  6. #219Allie1,463
  7. #220Athena1,462
  8. #221Gabriela1,450

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2012
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,124Daleyza#3,711 → #587
  2. ↑ 736Marjorie#1,646 → #910
  3. ↑ 683Lennon#1,612 → #929
  4. ↑ 561Jurnee#1,457 → #896
  5. ↑ 539Everleigh#1,405 → #866
Fallers
  1. ↓ 827Litzy#598 → #1,425
  2. ↓ 409Geraldine#994 → #1,403
  3. ↓ 384Taraji#858 → #1,242
  4. ↓ 374Marisa#977 → #1,351
  5. ↓ 372Adley#733 → #1,105

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

See the top 100 for 2013 →