Aaniyah
Girl · a-NY-a
Aaniyah is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
Where does Aaniyah come from?
Spelling of Aniyah; root uncertain
- Say it
- a-NY-a
Meaning borrowed from Aniyah. More on Wiktionary.
Is Aaniyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Aaniyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aaniyah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aaniyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aaniyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
How popular is Aaniyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Aaniyah, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,261st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 104 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
2025 had fewer girls named Aaniyah than any year since 2000.
Half of all the girls named Aaniyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,733 girls in the US were given Aaniyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #123, up from #7,131 for this spelling alone.
Aaniyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 24 | #5,297 |
| 2023 | 20 | #5,955 |
| 2022 | 29 | #4,668 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 32 | #4,261 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,787 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2016 | 48 | #3,326 |
| 2015 | 55 | #3,059 |
| 2014 | 65 | #2,681 |
| 2013 | 72 | #2,484 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,734 |
| 2011 | 67 | #2,637 |
| 2010 | 80 | #2,360 |
| 2009 | 93 | #2,148 |
| 2008 | 104 | #2,004 |
| 2007 | 94 | #2,134 |
| 2006 | 103 | #1,939 |
| 2005 | 74 | #2,375 |
| 2004 | 67 | #2,500 |
| 2003 | 46 | #3,183 |
| 2002 | 47 | #3,065 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
Names like Aaniyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Ayah Safa Aasiyah Zainab Sumayyah Amira Aafiyah Ruqayyah Aaminah Nusaybah Abeeha
Other spellings of Aaniyah
Anaya Aniyah Anaiah Anayah Aniya Anaia Anaiyah Anaiya Annayah Annaya Anniyah