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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202007peak #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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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#485618
2024#458683
2023#372828
2022#378824
2021#338968
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
2002#415700
2001#541491
2000#727320
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 2007

  • 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: #481 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,235 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: #433 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,234 girlsMNIllinois: #138 for girls · 104 births · 1 in 651 girlsILWisconsin: #215 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 911 girlsWIMichigan: #170 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 802 girlsMINew York: #161 for girls · 114 births · 1 in 857 girlsNYMassachusetts: #350 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,850 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedORNevada: #279 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,061 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: #184 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 808 girlsINOhio: #150 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 717 girlsOHPennsylvania: #115 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 556 girlsPANew Jersey: #158 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 763 girlsNJConnecticut: #282 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,257 girlsCTCalifornia: #351 for girls · 132 births · 1 in 1,790 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedUTColorado: #580 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,762 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedNEMissouri: #200 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 872 girlsMOKentucky: #329 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,576 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedWVVirginia: #124 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 534 girlsVAMaryland: #117 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 494 girlsMDDelaware: #44 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 176 girlsDEArizona: #447 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,998 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedNMKansas: #464 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,010 girlsKSArkansas: #293 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,135 girlsARTennessee: #173 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 814 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #119 for girls · 86 births · 1 in 559 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #133 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 574 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #106 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 330 girlsDCOklahoma: #186 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 774 girlsOKLouisiana: #115 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 529 girlsLAMississippi: #54 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 277 girlsMSAlabama: #114 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 520 girlsALGeorgia: #98 for girls · 112 births · 1 in 484 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Aniyah, so not publishedHITexas: #270 for girls · 128 births · 1 in 1,322 girlsTXFlorida: #186 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 920 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Delaware#44 · 1 in 176
  2. Mississippi#54 · 1 in 277
  3. Georgia#98 · 1 in 484
  4. District of Columbia#106 · 1 in 330
  5. Alabama#114 · 1 in 520

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Delaware#44171 in 176
Mississippi#54461 in 277
Georgia#981121 in 484
District of Columbia#106101 in 330
Alabama#114411 in 520
Louisiana#115401 in 529
Pennsylvania#1151011 in 556
Maryland#117521 in 494
North Carolina#119861 in 559
Virginia#124721 in 534
South Carolina#133331 in 574
Illinois#1381041 in 651
Ohio#150801 in 717
New Jersey#158541 in 763
New York#1611141 in 857
Michigan#170571 in 802
Tennessee#173401 in 814
Indiana#184411 in 808
Florida#186971 in 920
Oklahoma#186231 in 774
Missouri#200341 in 872
Wisconsin#215281 in 911
Texas#2701281 in 1,322
Nevada#279121 in 1,061
Connecticut#282111 in 1,257
Arkansas#293111 in 1,135
Kentucky#329131 in 1,576
Massachusetts#350151 in 1,850
California#3511321 in 1,790
Minnesota#433121 in 2,234
Arizona#447191 in 1,998
Kansas#46471 in 2,010
Washington#481141 in 2,235
Colorado#58091 in 2,762
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Wyoming

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 2007

girls
#205
1,687 births · 1 in 1,140 girls

Top girls' names in 2007

  1. #1Emily19,367
  2. #2Isabella19,143
  3. #3Emma18,390
  4. #4Ava18,053
  5. #5Madison17,968
  6. #6Sophia17,031
  7. #7Olivia16,589
  8. #8Abigail15,476
  9. #9Hannah13,323
  10. #10Elizabeth13,071
  11. #205Aniyah1,687
More about 2007

girls

1,922,617 girls got a published name in 2007; 1 in 1,140 of them was named Aniyah, which outranked 99.0% of the 20,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Aniyah
  1. #201Kelsey1,699
  2. #203Delaney1,689
  3. #204Jasmin1,688
  4. #205Aniyah1,687
  5. #206Hope1,684
  6. #207Cassidy1,657
  7. #208Alivia1,649
Biggest movers since 2006
Risers
  1. 16,568Jaslene#17,168#600
  2. 5,379Marely#6,125#746
  3. 2,556Audrina#3,264#708
  4. 2,506Jordin#3,090#584
  5. 1,358Azul#2,081#723
Fallers
  1. 4,216Bethzy#881#5,097
  2. 346Akeelah#708#1,054
  3. 326Tayla#926#1,252
  4. 312Betsy#747#1,059
  5. 295Shakira#780#1,075

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

See the top 100 for 2007