Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ani

#3,313 most common girls' name of all time · #5,661 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1958–2025

Rank among girls
#3,313
Rank overall
#5,661 of 105,966
First appeared
1958
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
3,188
Since 2016
750
Peak year
2007 #1,766
Best rank
#1,690 2004
Girls Boys peak 127/yr
1960198020002020

Ani first appears in 1958. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 56 — 56 #2,973
2024 80 — 80 #2,311
2023 73 — 73 #2,451
2022 79 — 79 #2,355
2021 68 — 68 #2,567
2020 81 — 81 #2,226
2019 83 — 83 #2,220
2018 66 — 66 #2,622
2017 71 — 71 #2,518
2016 93 — 93 #2,105
2015 78 — 78 #2,364
2014 101 — 101 #1,974
2013 77 — 77 #2,371
2012 67 — 67 #2,660
2011 82 — 82 #2,286
2010 79 — 79 #2,393
2009 107 — 107 #1,951
2008 107 — 107 #1,969
2007 122 5 127 #1,766
2006 107 — 107 #1,896
2005 116 — 116 #1,711
2004 115 — 115 #1,690
2003 110 — 110 #1,725
2002 92 — 92 #1,926
2001 73 — 73 #2,216
2000 89 — 89 #1,913
1999 47 — 47 #2,872
1998 55 — 55 #2,517
1997 49 — 49 #2,603
1996 50 — 50 #2,531
1995 56 — 56 #2,357
1994 37 — 37 #3,132
1993 52 — 52 #2,439
1992 54 — 54 #2,413
1991 43 — 43 #2,763
1990 42 — 42 #2,764
1989 37 — 37 #2,963
1988 28 — 28 #3,431
1987 30 — 30 #3,142
1986 26 — 26 #3,411
1985 24 — 24 #3,567
1984 30 — 30 #2,955
1983 27 — 27 #3,107
1982 22 — 22 #3,724
1981 25 — 25 #3,398
1980 20 — 20 #3,927
1979 17 — 17 #4,341
1978 21 — 21 #3,589
1977 10 — 10 #6,103
1976 13 — 13 #4,763
1975 8 — 8 #6,802
1974 17 — 17 #3,802
1973 6 — 6 #7,852
1972 8 — 8 #6,304
1971 11 — 11 #5,028
1970 5 — 5 #8,640
1969 9 — 9 #5,338
1968 9 — 9 #5,038
1965 10 — 10 #4,458
1964 6 — 6 #6,561
1958 7 — 7 #5,368