Aniyah Girl
How popular is Aniyah?
#485 girl name in 2025
618 baby girls were named Aniyah in the US in 2025, making it the 485th most popular girl name.
Aniyah popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #485 for girls (▼ 27 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 618 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-53% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #246 in 2015, #309 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (1,825 girls) |
| Highest rank | #177 in 2010 |
| First recorded | 1991 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Aniyah 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 Aniyah is most popular
Babies named Aniyah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 1.3 per 1,000 (60 girls)
- Alabama: 0.9 per 1,000 (88 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.9 per 1,000 (77 girls)
- Oklahoma: 0.8 per 1,000 (61 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.8 per 1,000 (71 girls)
Aniyah by decade
Girl names about as popular as Aniyah
Questions
- Is Aniyah a boy or girl name?
- Aniyah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Aniyah were girls.
- How popular is the name Aniyah?
- 618 baby girls were named Aniyah in the US in 2025, making it the 485th most popular girl name.
- When was Aniyah most popular?
- Aniyah peaked in 2009, when 1,825 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #177 in 2010.
- How many people are named Aniyah?
- 31,212 babies have been named Aniyah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 31,001 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Aniyah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Aniyah was most common in Mississippi, at 1.3 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.