Anniston
Recorded 1996–2025 · United States
Anniston was most popular in 2014, when 302 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,656 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,831, with 139 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,660 people named Anniston.
Anniston over time
How old is the name Anniston?
Anniston first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1996, which makes it about 29 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 30 of the 30 years since.
How many people are named Anniston?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,660 American births named Anniston between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,634 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Anniston in 2025?
139 American babies were named Anniston in 2025, ranking #2,831 that year.
Is Anniston getting more or less popular?
Anniston is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 161 births a year, against 227 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -29% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Anniston a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Anniston is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,660 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Anniston?
Roughly 3,634 Americans named Anniston are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 10 years old, and half are between 6 and 14. That is a narrow band because Anniston is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Anniston is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org