Meaning and history
Anahita is an Old Persian name meaning “immaculate” or “undefiled,” from the Old Iranian prefix * an- “not” and * āhita “unclean, dirty.” It was also the name of an Iranian goddess associated with fertility and water. In the Zoroastrian Avesta, she is called 𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬍 (Arəduuī) in Avestan, while 𐬀𐬥𐬁𐬵𐬌𐬙𐬀 (anāhita) appears only as a descriptive epithet. She may originally be identical with the Indian goddess Saraswati and has also been identified historically with the Semitic goddess Ishtar and the Greek goddess Artemis.
20062006: 15 births, rank #7,868
2007: 9 births, rank #11,630
2008: 11 births, rank #10,084
2009: 8 births, rank #12,429
2010: 11 births, rank #9,790
20112011: 13 births, rank #8,614
2012: 19 births, rank #6,576
2013: 17 births, rank #7,031
2014: 18 births, rank #6,713
2015: 19 births, rank #6,452
20162016: 18 births, rank #6,663
2017: 21 births, rank #5,821
2018: 18 births, rank #6,521
2019: 8 births, rank #11,356
2020: 24 births, rank #5,168
20212021: 19 births, rank #6,174
2022: 19 births, rank #6,229
2023: 15 births, rank #7,247
2024: 13 births, rank #7,967
20252025: 13 births, rank #7,885
In 2025, 13 babies were recorded with the name Anahita, ranking #7,885 among girls.