NameTides

Waniya

Waniya was the #5,238 girls' name in the US in 2025 (24 babies), and #1,892 in England & Wales and #2,475 in Canada.

Waniya as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Waniya 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.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Waniya 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.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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#5,238 (24)#1,892 (15)#2,475 (8)
2024#8,946 (11)#1,743 (17)#2,685 (7)
2023#11,169 (8)#2,504 (10)—
2022#9,680 (10)#1,767 (16)—
2021#10,292 (9)#1,692 (17)#2,185 (9)
2020#7,559 (14)#2,163 (12)—
2019#8,597 (12)#2,170 (12)#3,266 (5)
2018#7,409 (15)#2,090 (13)#2,892 (6)
2017#14,124 (6)#2,502 (10)#2,609 (7)
2016#9,411 (11)#2,120 (13)#2,892 (6)
2015#10,148 (10)#3,615 (6)—
2014#11,931 (8)#2,862 (8)#2,617 (7)
2013#16,547 (5)#2,176 (12)—
2012#12,199 (8)#2,521 (10)#3,334 (5)
2011#16,764 (5)#4,049 (5)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #5,238.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2009.

How common is it?

about 1 in 67,000 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 67,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Waniya is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 71,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 39,000 to 1 in 130,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Waniya 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: #1,418NYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Waniya (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
WaniyaCanadaGirls#2,4758
WaniyaEngland & WalesGirls#1,89215
WaniyaUSGirls#5,23824