Ananiah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- an-uh-NY-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Ananiah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Ananiah mean?
Hebrew: biblical name of a town and a man in Nehemiah
In the Book of Nehemiah, Ananiah is a town of Benjamin and also the grandfather of Azariah, who helped rebuild Jerusalem's wall.
Is Ananiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Ananiah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ananiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Ananiah, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Ananiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ananiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
Nicknames for Ananiah
- Ana 103 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Ananiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Azariah, Aaliyah, Hadassah, Azariyah, Zaniyah, Amariah, Zariah, Kaliyah, Taliyah, Aziyah, Salem, Sariyah
Names related to Ananiah
Anaiah, Anayah, Anaia, Ananya, Aniah, Anaiya, Anaiyah, Aaniyah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Ananiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ananiah, updated 20 October 2026.