NameTides

Ananya

Ananya was the #3,100 girls' name in the US in 2025 (52 babies), and #1,454 in England & Wales and #1,577 in Canada.

Ananya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ananya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Ananya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, 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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#3,100 (52)#1,454 (21)——#1,577 (15)
2024#2,303 (80)#1,603 (19)——#1,541 (15)
2023#2,555 (69)#1,410 (22)——#1,155 (21)
2022#2,208 (85)#1,501 (20)—#905 (3)#927 (28)
2021#1,730 (119)#1,402 (22)——#1,185 (21)
2020#1,578 (133)#1,100 (30)——#1,087 (23)
2019#1,560 (138)#1,095 (31)—#871 (3)#947 (28)
2018#1,482 (148)#1,711 (17)——#1,031 (25)
2017#1,563 (140)#1,371 (24)#808 (3)—#1,049 (24)
2016#1,394 (167)#1,013 (35)——#1,335 (18)
2015#1,366 (173)#787 (49)#653 (4)—#951 (27)
2014#1,270 (189)#1,094 (32)——#1,279 (19)
2013#1,292 (181)#1,098 (32)——#1,792 (12)
2012#1,302 (181)#1,075 (32)——#1,531 (15)
2011#1,319 (178)#789 (47)——#1,361 (17)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2009 at #1,198.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1995.

How common is it?

about 1 in 31,000 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 31,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 12,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 10,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ananya is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 35,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 26,000 to 1 in 47,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ananya 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: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,742CAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,038TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Ananya (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
Ontario2024#1,10010

Ananya (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
AnanyaCanadaGirls#1,57715
AnanyaEngland & WalesGirls#1,45421
AnanyaIrelandGirls—too few
AnanyaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AnanyaScotlandGirls—too few
AnanyaUSGirls#3,10052
AnanyaUSBoys—too few