Aanya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AAN-ya
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #945 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,666 for girls
Aanya is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 945th for girls in the UK (39 babies) and 1,666th for girls in the US (124 babies).
Where does Aanya come from?
Sanskrit: used in Indian families; Anya is also a Russian pet form of Anna
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Is Aanya a girl's or a boy's name?
Aanya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 39 girls in the UK and 124 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aanya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 945th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 39 about 1 in 7,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 39 girls in the UK were named Aanya, making it the 945th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,286th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 74 girls.
2025 had more girls named Aanya than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Aanya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 42 girls in the UK were given Aanya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #822, up from #945 for this spelling alone.
- Aanya 39
- Aania 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 894th in England and Wales.
Aanya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | #945 |
| 2024 | 30 | #1,176 |
| 2023 | 31 | #1,151 |
| 2022 | 29 | #1,211 |
| 2021 | 28 | #1,264 |
| 2020 | 27 | #1,286 |
| 2019 | 36 | #1,040 |
| 2018 | 25 | #1,375 |
| 2017 | 28 | #1,284 |
| 2016 | 34 | #1,096 |
| 2015 | 74 | #624 |
| 2014 | 54 | #779 |
| 2013 | 52 | #794 |
| 2012 | 51 | #822 |
| 2011 | 72 | #617 |
| 2010 | 58 | #696 |
| 2009 | 28 | #1,179 |
| 2008 | 41 | #876 |
| 2007 | 22 | #1,327 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,364 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,553 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Aanya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,666th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 124 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 124 girls in the US were named Aanya, making it the 1,666th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,533rd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 266 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Aanya than any year since 2006.
Half of all the girls named Aanya in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aanya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 124 | #1,666 |
| 2024 | 134 | #1,575 |
| 2023 | 157 | #1,421 |
| 2022 | 189 | #1,269 |
| 2021 | 163 | #1,354 |
| 2020 | 138 | #1,533 |
| 2019 | 141 | #1,528 |
| 2018 | 134 | #1,595 |
| 2017 | 160 | #1,422 |
| 2016 | 216 | #1,164 |
| 2015 | 240 | #1,088 |
| 2014 | 266 | #997 |
| 2013 | 230 | #1,073 |
| 2012 | 247 | #1,026 |
| 2011 | 229 | #1,075 |
| 2010 | 199 | #1,218 |
| 2009 | 182 | #1,322 |
| 2008 | 207 | #1,222 |
| 2007 | 125 | #1,734 |
| 2006 | 92 | #2,107 |
| 2005 | 39 | #3,726 |
| 2004 | 39 | #3,685 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Names like Aanya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arya, Aadhya, Aarya, Aavya, Prisha, Navya, Aaradhya, Anvika, Saanvi, Anvi, Kavya, Priya
Other spellings of Aanya
Names related to Aanya
Anaya, Anya, Anayah, Inaaya, Ayana, Anaiya, Aniya, Ayanna, Aiyana
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Shivansh
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, “Aanya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aanya, updated 20 October 2026.