Ananya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-NAN-ya
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,512 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,100 for girls
Ananya is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “unique, matchless”. In 2025 it ranked 1,512th for girls in the UK (21 babies) and 3,100th for girls in the US (52 babies).
What does Ananya mean?
Sanskrit
“unique, matchless”
From Sanskrit ananya, literally 'not other', in the sense of having no equal.
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Is Ananya a girl's or a boy's name?
Ananya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the UK and 52 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ananya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,512th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were named Ananya, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,147th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 53 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ananya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,454th in England and Wales.
Ananya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,512 |
| 2024 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,497 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,591 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,491 |
| 2020 | 31 | #1,147 |
| 2019 | 32 | #1,129 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 27 | #1,326 |
| 2016 | 35 | #1,073 |
| 2015 | 53 | #791 |
| 2014 | 32 | #1,149 |
| 2013 | 34 | #1,117 |
| 2012 | 33 | #1,128 |
| 2011 | 49 | #810 |
| 2010 | 45 | #853 |
| 2009 | 40 | #912 |
| 2008 | 34 | #1,002 |
| 2007 | 26 | #1,170 |
| 2006 | 32 | #975 |
| 2005 | 25 | #1,077 |
| 2004 | 23 | #1,112 |
| 2003 | 16 | #1,420 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
How popular is Ananya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,100th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 52 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 52 girls in the US were named Ananya, making it the 3,100th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,578th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 214 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
2025 had fewer girls named Ananya than any year since 1998.
Half of all the girls named Ananya in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ananya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #3,100 |
| 2024 | 80 | #2,303 |
| 2023 | 69 | #2,555 |
| 2022 | 85 | #2,208 |
| 2021 | 119 | #1,730 |
| 2020 | 133 | #1,578 |
| 2019 | 138 | #1,560 |
| 2018 | 148 | #1,482 |
| 2017 | 140 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 167 | #1,394 |
| 2015 | 173 | #1,366 |
| 2014 | 189 | #1,270 |
| 2013 | 181 | #1,292 |
| 2012 | 181 | #1,302 |
| 2011 | 178 | #1,319 |
| 2010 | 184 | #1,292 |
| 2009 | 209 | #1,198 |
| 2008 | 214 | #1,188 |
| 2007 | 197 | #1,252 |
| 2006 | 208 | #1,167 |
| 2005 | 191 | #1,198 |
| 2004 | 175 | #1,243 |
| 2003 | 153 | #1,331 |
| 2002 | 151 | #1,296 |
| 2001 | 87 | #1,964 |
| 2000 | 67 | #2,302 |
| 1999 | 56 | #2,524 |
| 1998 | 37 | #3,298 |
| 1997 | 29 | #3,812 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
Names like Ananya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arya, Aadhya, Aarya, Aaradhya, Anaya, Akshara, Navya, Aanya, Anvika, Avani, Aavya, Prisha
Names related to Ananya
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, “Ananya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ananya, updated 20 October 2026.