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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Anaiyah

Anaiyah was the 2901st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 58 babies. Its best year was 2010, when it ranked 1944th with 103 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 490 places. More babies were named Anaiyah in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#2,901 girls, up 390 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
58girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
2010103 babies
Total since 1880
1,646babies recorded

Anaiyah popularity since 1880

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Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#2,90158
2020#3,29147
2010#1,944103
2000#5,32321
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How popular is Anaiyah, counting every spelling?

Anaiyah is a spelling of Anaiya, a name family that ranked #1,719 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #2,901 for Anaiyah on its own. Together these spellings went to 102 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Anaiya44#3,467274
Anaiyah58#2,901267

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Anaiyah?

58 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Anaiyah (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Anaiyah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 144 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Anaiyah.

Chance of another Anaiyah in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inFloridaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Anaiyah?

About 1,600 people born in the US named Anaiyah are alive today, with a median age of 13; half are between 8 and 18. That makes Anaiyah mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Anaiyah by state

How common Anaiyah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 46 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesNY0.02Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.03Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesCA0.05Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesTX0.04Florida: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesFL0.04
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Anaiyah, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Anaiyah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Anaiyah, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Anaiyah

How popular is the name Anaiyah?

Anaiyah was the 2901st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 58 babies. Its best year was 2010, when it ranked 1944th with 103 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 490 places. More babies were named Anaiyah in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Anaiyah a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Anaiyah in the US.

Where is Anaiyah most popular?

In 2021–2025, Anaiyah was most common in California (0.05 per 1,000 girls), followed by Florida and Texas.