Anaia

Anaia was the #1,229 girls' name in the US in 2025 (183 babies), and #2,006 in England & Wales and #916 in Canada.

Anaia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Anaia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Anaia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,229 (183)#2,006 (14)#916 (30)
2024#1,509 (143)#3,696 (6)#1,153 (22)
2023#2,975 (56)—#1,312 (18)
2022#3,365 (47)#2,674 (9)#2,553 (7)
2021#3,678 (41)#3,519 (6)—
2020#5,168 (24)#2,615 (9)—
2019#4,909 (27)#3,151 (7)—
2018#6,792 (17)#2,674 (9)—
2017#6,287 (19)#2,925 (8)#2,876 (6)
2016#5,622 (23)#4,096 (5)—
2015#7,266 (16)#2,705 (9)#2,891 (6)
2014#5,456 (24)#1,798 (16)—
2013#7,031 (17)#2,460 (10)#3,286 (5)
2012#4,707 (30)#1,893 (15)—
2011#5,935 (22)#3,185 (7)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,229.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1997.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 18,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Anaia is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,700 to 1 in 9,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Anaia by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,165NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,830CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #888TNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: #136HITexas: #1,154TXFlorida: #796FL
Anaia (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#5917

Anaia (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AnaiaCanadaGirls#91630
AnaiaEngland & WalesGirls#2,00614
AnaiaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AnaiaUSGirls#1,229183