Ahniya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-NY-ah
- Origin
- Modern
Ahniya is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Ahniya come from?
Modern: variant of Aniya
Is Ahniya a girl's or a boy's name?
Ahniya is a girls' name.
How popular is Ahniya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Ahniya in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ahniya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,369 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 23 | #5,432 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
Names like Ahniya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anaya, Avaya, Araya, Avani, Amya, Amaya, Armani, Janiyah, Anvika, Anya, Anika, Arya
Names related to Ahniya
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Ahniya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ahniya, updated 20 October 2026.