girls:
1.6k births since 1988
#4132 (28th percentile)
overall:
1.6k births since 1988
#6120 (21st percentile)
The name Anyah is the #6,120 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,626 recorded births since 1988. This represents the 20.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,132 (27.7% percentile) for all time with 1,626 births since 1988.
Anyah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1988 (first recorded for girls in 1988). Birth data for Anyah is available in 31 out of the 36 years between 1988 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Anyah reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 11.3% percentile (ranked #833) with 55 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 55 births per million (ranked 11.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2009, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Anyah ranks #921 for girls (2.7% percentile) with 18 births per million, which is 32.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Anyah".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Anyah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 39.5% confident that Anyah is pronounced as A-nyuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-nyuh, at 23.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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