Anahit
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-nah-HEET
- Origin
- Persian
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Anahit is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “immaculate, pure”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Anahit mean?
Persian: Armenian form of the Iranian goddess Anahita
“immaculate, pure”
Anahit was the ancient Armenian goddess of fertility and wisdom, adapted from the Iranian Anahita.
Is Anahit a girl's or a boy's name?
Anahit is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anahit in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Anahit, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had fewer girls named Anahit than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Anahit in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anahit in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
Names like Anahit
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avani Armani Saanvi Anvi Anvika Avaya Prisha Aashvi Akshara Anika Aavya Aviva
Names related to Anahit
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Anahit: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anahit, updated 20 October 2026.