# Anahit (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/anahit/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Armenian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 386 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 386 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Armenian Անահիտ (Anahit).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 13,457 |
| 2012 | 7 | 13,601 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,092 |
| 2014 | 6 | 14,718 |
| 2015 | 7 | 13,110 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,002 |
| 2017 | 14 | 7,864 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9,202 |
| 2019 | 15 | 7,379 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12,251 |
| 2021 | 14 | 7,662 |
| 2022 | 11 | 9,109 |
| 2023 | 14 | 7,673 |
| 2024 | 14 | 7,627 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,005 |

## People named Anahit

- Anahit Tsitsikian, Armenian violinist, musicologist, teacher (1926–1999)
- Anahit Barseghyan, Armenian swimmer
- Anahit S. Bayandur, Armenian activist, translator (1940-2011)
- Anahit Avanesian, Armenian jurist and politician
- Anahit Mekhitarian, Armenian operatic soprano
- Diana Abgar, Armenia ambassador (1859–1937)
- Ana Kasparian, American political pundit
- Anahide Ter Minassian, French historian (1929-2019)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.