Aaniyah Girl
How popular is Aaniyah?
#7,131 girl name in 2025
15 baby girls were named Aaniyah in the US in 2025, making it the 7131st most popular girl name.
Aaniyah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #7,131 for girls (▼ 1834 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 15 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-73% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,059 in 2015, #4,261 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (104 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,939 in 2006 |
| First recorded | 1998 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Aaniyah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Aniyah family of names ranked #359 for girls in 2025 (#349 the year before), with 890 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Aniyah | 618 | 69% |
| Aniya | 226 | 25% |
| Aaniyah | 15 | 2% |
| Anniyah | 16 | 2% |
| Anyiah | 7 | 1% |
| Anyia | 8 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Aaniyah is most popular
Babies named Aaniyah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (9 girls)
Aaniyah by decade
Girl names about as popular as Aaniyah
Questions
- Is Aaniyah a boy or girl name?
- Aaniyah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Aaniyah were girls.
- How popular is the name Aaniyah?
- 15 baby girls were named Aaniyah in the US in 2025, making it the 7131st most popular girl name.
- When was Aaniyah most popular?
- Aaniyah peaked in 2008, when 104 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,939 in 2006.
- How many people are named Aaniyah?
- 1,394 babies have been named Aaniyah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,384 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Aaniyah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Aaniyah was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.