Anaiyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-NY-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,368 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,895 for girls
Anaiyah is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,368th for girls in the UK (24 babies) and 2,895th for girls in the US (58 babies).
Where does Anaiyah come from?
Root uncertain
Is Anaiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Anaiyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the UK and 58 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anaiyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,368among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the UK were named Anaiyah, making it the 1,368th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 33 girls.
Half of all the girls named Anaiyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 993 girls in the UK were given Anaiyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #55, up from #1,368 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,315th in England and Wales.
Anaiyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #1,368 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,611 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,667 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,393 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,577 |
| 2017 | 33 | #1,127 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,581 |
| 2014 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,505 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
How popular is Anaiyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,895among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 58about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 58 girls in the US were named Anaiyah, making it the 2,895th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,281st. Its busiest year was 2010, with 103 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Anaiyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,733 girls in the US were given Anaiyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #123, up from #2,895 for this spelling alone.
Anaiyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,895 |
| 2024 | 50 | #3,176 |
| 2023 | 50 | #3,225 |
| 2022 | 59 | #2,856 |
| 2021 | 50 | #3,215 |
| 2020 | 47 | #3,281 |
| 2019 | 74 | #2,400 |
| 2018 | 89 | #2,130 |
| 2017 | 82 | #2,268 |
| 2016 | 60 | #2,829 |
| 2015 | 76 | #2,408 |
| 2014 | 63 | #2,737 |
| 2013 | 77 | #2,364 |
| 2012 | 64 | #2,734 |
| 2011 | 76 | #2,415 |
| 2010 | 103 | #1,942 |
| 2009 | 88 | #2,227 |
| 2008 | 82 | #2,354 |
| 2007 | 80 | #2,368 |
| 2006 | 63 | #2,778 |
| 2005 | 44 | #3,400 |
| 2004 | 56 | #2,847 |
| 2003 | 47 | #3,128 |
| 2002 | 36 | #3,650 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,699 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
Names like Anaiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Ayah Safa Nusaybah Zainab Sumayyah Ruqayyah Abeeha Aaminah Amira Aafiyah Hafsa
Other spellings of Anaiyah
Anaya Anayah Anaiah Aniyah Anaiya Aniya Anaia Annaya Aaniya Anniyah Aanaya Annayah Aaniyah
Names related to Anaiyah
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, “Anaiyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anaiyah, updated 20 October 2026.