How Many People Are Named Anahita?
people named Anahita are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 703,261 people in the US has this name
Based on 492 babies named Anahita in Social Security records from 1979 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
24 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "immaculate, undefiled" from Avestan a "not" and ahit "unclean". This was the name of the Persian goddess of fertility and water. She was sometimes identified with Artemis, Aphrodite and Athena.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Anahita in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Anahita alive today is about 17 years old, and 83% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Anahita first appears in the records in 1979 and was given most often in 2020, to 24 babies. In 2025, 13 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1979 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Anahita has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #5,175, in 2020. In 2025 it ranked #7,918.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,918 |
| Best rank | #5,175 (2020) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #7,297 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Anahita alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Anahita were born in California than in any other state: about 55 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Anahita was given about 6.5 times as often in California.
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