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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202025peak #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 2025

  • 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: #390 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,603 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #195 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 540 girlsNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedMNIllinois: #541 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,463 girlsILWisconsin: #612 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,894 girlsWIMichigan: #589 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,749 girlsMINew York: #481 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 2,238 girlsNYMassachusetts: #564 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,670 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedRIOregon: #483 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,865 girlsORNevada: #508 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,840 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: #418 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,744 girlsINOhio: #336 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,432 girlsOHPennsylvania: #487 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,223 girlsPANew Jersey: #667 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,227 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #607 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 3,110 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedUTColorado: #536 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,333 girlsCONebraska: #396 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,419 girlsNEMissouri: #480 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,025 girlsMOKentucky: #331 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,327 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedWVVirginia: #465 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,985 girlsVAMaryland: #400 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,537 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedDEArizona: #578 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,565 girlsAZNew Mexico: #296 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 935 girlsNMKansas: #578 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,362 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedARTennessee: #497 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,138 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #510 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,213 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #614 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,613 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #374 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,344 girlsOKLouisiana: #322 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,169 girlsLAMississippi: #242 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 809 girlsMSAlabama: #318 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,221 girlsALGeorgia: #380 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,559 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedHITexas: #461 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 2,230 girlsTXFlorida: #358 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 1,701 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Dakota#195 · 1 in 540
  2. Mississippi#242 · 1 in 809
  3. New Mexico#296 · 1 in 935
  4. Alabama#318 · 1 in 1,221
  5. Louisiana#322 · 1 in 1,169

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#19551 in 540
Mississippi#242111 in 809
New Mexico#29651 in 935
Alabama#318151 in 1,221
Louisiana#322141 in 1,169
Kentucky#331131 in 1,327
Ohio#336331 in 1,432
Florida#358511 in 1,701
Oklahoma#374111 in 1,344
Georgia#380291 in 1,559
Washington#390181 in 1,603
Nebraska#39651 in 1,419
Maryland#400131 in 1,537
Indiana#418161 in 1,744
Texas#461721 in 2,230
Virginia#465171 in 1,985
Missouri#480121 in 2,025
New York#481351 in 2,238
Oregon#48371 in 1,865
Pennsylvania#487211 in 2,223
Tennessee#497151 in 2,138
Nevada#50851 in 1,840
North Carolina#510211 in 2,213
Colorado#536101 in 2,333
Illinois#541181 in 2,463
Massachusetts#56491 in 2,670
Arizona#578111 in 2,565
Kansas#57851 in 2,362
Michigan#589131 in 2,749
California#607521 in 3,110
Wisconsin#61271 in 2,894
South Carolina#61471 in 2,613
New Jersey#667111 in 3,227
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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 2025

girls
#485
618 births · 1 in 2,601 girls

Top girls' names in 2025

  1. #1Olivia13,544
  2. #2Charlotte13,400
  3. #3Emma12,754
  4. #4Amelia12,699
  5. #5Sophia12,561
  6. #6Mia11,078
  7. #7Isabella10,666
  8. #8Evelyn9,123
  9. #9Sofia8,252
  10. #10Eliana8,191
  11. #485Aniyah618
More about 2025

girls

1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 2,601 of them was named Aniyah, which outranked 97.2% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).

Ranked beside Aniyah
  1. #482Anahi623
  2. #483Ainsley621
  3. #484Alivia619
  4. #485Aniyah618
  5. #485Arielle618
  6. #487Cameron614
  7. #488Brooklynn608
  8. #489Aubree606

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

Biggest movers since 2024
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,390Klarity#2,178 → #788
  2. ↑ 1,211Rynlee#1,966 → #755
  3. ↑ 963Ailanny#1,895 → #932
  4. ↑ 928Naylani#1,823 → #895
  5. ↑ 861Madisson#1,180 → #319
Fallers
  1. ↓ 353Aubrie#999 → #1,352
  2. ↓ 307Cattleya#904 → #1,211
  3. ↓ 272Jaycee#878 → #1,150
  4. ↓ 248Zendaya#938 → #1,186
  5. ↓ 233Novalee#742 → #975

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

See the top 100 for 2025 →