Anahita is a girl's name of Persian origin meaning “moist.” In 2024 it was given to 13 girls in the United States.
Anahita belongs to the Persian tradition. Its meaning — “moist” — is the sense carried by its Persian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Anahita first appears in Social Security records in 1979. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #5176 in 2020, and in 2024 13 babies received the name — 479 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Anahita means “moist” in its Persian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Anahita is a girl name. In 2024, 13 babies received the name in the US.
Anahita comes from the Persian tradition.
Anahita first appears in US records in 1979. Its best-ever ranking was #5176 in 2020, and 13 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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