NameTides

Aniyah

Aniyah was the #485 girls' name in the US in 2025 (618 babies), and #630 in England & Wales and #856 in Canada.

Aniyah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
Aniyah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandUSEngland & WalesCanada
Aniyah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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 IrelandCanada
2025#485 (618)#630 (62)—#397 (3)#856 (33)
2024#458 (683)#503 (78)#790 (3)#337 (4)#854 (33)
2023#372 (828)#506 (78)——#749 (37)
2022#378 (824)#526 (74)——#902 (29)
2021#338 (968)#603 (64)——#711 (41)
2020#309 (1,035)#525 (76)#636 (4)#397 (3)#851 (32)
2019#290 (1,152)#409 (103)—#424 (3)#770 (37)
2018#291 (1,132)#503 (85)——#800 (35)
2017#291 (1,118)#514 (83)——#927 (29)
2016#271 (1,169)#527 (81)#798 (3)—#1,335 (18)
2015#246 (1,310)#532 (81)——#888 (30)
2014#225 (1,499)#547 (77)——#917 (29)
2013#217 (1,465)#684 (58)——#777 (36)
2012#191 (1,646)#887 (42)——#734 (38)
2011#197 (1,587)#937 (38)——#894 (29)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2009 at #181.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1991.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,600 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 2,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,100uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Aniyah is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,600 to 1 in 3,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Aniyah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #390WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #195NDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #541ILMichigan: #589MINew York: #481NYMassachusetts: #564MAOregon: #483ORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #418INOhio: #336OHPennsylvania: #487PANew Jersey: #667NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #607CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #536CONebraska: #396NEMissouri: #480MOKentucky: #331KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #465VAMaryland: #400MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #578AZNew Mexico: #296NMKansas: #578KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #497TNNorth Carolina: #510NCSouth Carolina: #614SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #374OKLouisiana: #322LAMississippi: #242MSAlabama: #318ALGeorgia: #380GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #461TXFlorida: #358FL
Aniyah (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#61620

Aniyah (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
AniyahCanadaGirls#85633
AniyahEngland & WalesGirls#63062
A'NiyahEngland & WalesGirls—too few
AniyahNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
AniyahScotlandGirls—too few
AniyahUSGirls#485618
AniyahUSBoys—too few