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Anyah vs Anyeli

American parents have registered 1,663 Anyahs since 1880, against 673 Anyelis. But in 2025 it was Anyeli that was commoner, 47 babies to 22.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Anyah against Anyeli, 1880 to 2025 0 30 60 90 120 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Anyah Anyeli

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 33 years in which either name was published, Anyah for 26 years and Anyeli for 7 years. The lead changed hands once.

Side by side

  Anyah Anyeli
Total US births 1,663673
Most in one year 11276
Babies in 2025 2247
Estimated living today 1,600670
Median age today 176
Peak year 20052024
Best rank 1,755th girls2,389th girls
Rank in 2025 5,554th3,296th
First recorded 19882002
Girls / boys 1,663 / 0673 / 0

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Anyahs alive today are over 17; half the Anyelis are over 6. That is 11 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Anyah and Anyeli.