Aniya

Aniya was the #1,071 girls' name in the US in 2025 (226 babies), and #1,315 in England & Wales and #1,495 in Canada.

Aniya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Aniya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Aniya as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, 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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,071 (226)#1,315 (24)—#1,495 (16)
2024#1,175 (204)#1,262 (26)—#1,833 (12)
2023#1,018 (248)#1,325 (24)—#1,491 (15)
2022#1,073 (234)#1,621 (18)—#1,550 (14)
2021#979 (265)#1,224 (27)—#1,454 (16)
2020#876 (307)#1,449 (21)—#2,163 (9)
2019#779 (356)#1,252 (26)—#1,471 (16)
2018#713 (402)#972 (37)—#1,567 (14)
2017#733 (386)#836 (46)—#2,041 (10)
2016#672 (434)#994 (36)—#915 (29)
2015#595 (501)#891 (41)#653 (4)#2,179 (9)
2014#549 (564)#1,040 (34)—#1,681 (13)
2013#508 (592)#802 (48)—#1,432 (16)
2012#457 (682)#1,150 (29)—#1,787 (12)
2011#412 (770)#1,096 (31)—#1,361 (17)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2005 at #261.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1979.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,100 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 7,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Aniya is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,600 to 1 in 9,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Aniya by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #927ILMichigan: #863MINew York: #902NYMassachusetts: 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: #916INOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #871PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,491CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #728MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #843VAMaryland: 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: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: #973NCSouth Carolina: #688SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #748GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,037TXFlorida: #1,000FL
Aniya (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AniyaCanadaGirls#1,49516
AniyaEngland & WalesGirls#1,31524
AniyaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AniyaScotlandGirls—too few
AniyaUSGirls#1,071226