Aaniya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-NY-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Aaniya is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
Where does Aaniya come from?
Spelling of Aniyah; root uncertain
Meaning borrowed from Aniyah. More on Wiktionary.
Is Aaniya a girl's or a boy's name?
Aaniya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aaniya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Aaniya, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aaniya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 993 girls in the UK were given Aaniya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #55, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Aaniya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
How popular is Aaniya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Aaniya in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aaniya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 30 | #4,734 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
Names like Aaniya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amaya, Haniya, Amira, Aaliyah, Aisha, Raya, Ayah, Asiya, Safa, Arya, Inaya, Arshiya
Other spellings of Aaniya
Anaya, Anayah, Anaiah, Aniyah, Anaiya, Aniya, Anaiyah, Anaia, Annaya, Anniyah, Aanaya
Names related to Aaniya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aaniya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aaniya, updated 20 October 2026.