NameTides

Anayah

Anayah was the #913 girls' name in the US in 2025 (289 babies), and #290 in England & Wales and #496 in Canada.

Anayah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Anayah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaScotlandUS
Anayah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#913 (289)#290 (156)#632 (4)——#496 (62)
2024#1,061 (235)#320 (136)#541 (5)#407 (3)#631 (5)#558 (53)
2023#1,273 (180)#370 (113)———#673 (42)
2022#1,419 (159)#412 (103)#625 (4)—#905 (3)#927 (28)
2021#1,432 (150)#431 (101)#792 (3)——#1,454 (16)
2020#1,524 (139)#452 (91)———#1,059 (24)
2019#1,429 (156)#377 (116)#765 (3)——#1,408 (17)
2018#1,520 (143)#390 (114)#680 (4)——#1,089 (23)
2017#1,400 (164)#331 (144)#666 (4)——#979 (27)
2016#1,264 (193)#256 (197)#453 (7)——#915 (29)
2015#1,239 (197)#286 (169)#566 (5)——#743 (38)
2014#1,205 (202)#258 (189)#430 (8)——#731 (38)
2013#1,634 (131)#415 (102)#663 (4)——#1,305 (18)
2012#1,469 (154)#607 (69)———#1,904 (11)
2011#1,789 (113)#804 (46)————

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #913.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1996.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,600 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 5,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Anayah is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,200 to 1 in 5,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Anayah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #209MEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #732WAIdaho: 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: #980NYMassachusetts: #334MAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #481INOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: #813PANew Jersey: #499NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,228CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: #549MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,057NCSouth 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: #984GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,154TXFlorida: #342FL
Anayah (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#31117
Ontario2024#54223

Anayah (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
AnayahCanadaGirls#49662
AnayahEngland & WalesGirls#290156
AnayahIrelandGirls—too few
AnayahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AnayahScotlandGirls#6324
AnayahUSGirls#913289