Anaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-NY-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #93 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #336 for girls
Anaya is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 93rd for girls in the UK (555 babies) and 336th for girls in the US (911 babies).
Where does Anaya come from?
Used in several cultures with different roots
More on Wiktionary.
Is Anaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Anaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 555 girls in the UK and 911 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anaya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #93among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 555about 1 in 500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.8%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 555 girls in the UK were named Anaya, making it the 93rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 143rd.
2025 had the most girls named Anaya of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Anaya 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 Anaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #55, up from #93 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 86th in England and Wales and 198th in Scotland.
Anaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 555 | #93 |
| 2024 | 444 | #124 |
| 2023 | 430 | #131 |
| 2022 | 433 | #129 |
| 2021 | 413 | #140 |
| 2020 | 402 | #143 |
| 2019 | 353 | #165 |
| 2018 | 361 | #168 |
| 2017 | 445 | #139 |
| 2016 | 503 | #128 |
| 2015 | 466 | #134 |
| 2014 | 425 | #146 |
| 2013 | 341 | #173 |
| 2012 | 293 | #195 |
| 2011 | 208 | #268 |
| 2010 | 164 | #316 |
| 2009 | 118 | #406 |
| 2008 | 111 | #426 |
| 2007 | 71 | #570 |
| 2006 | 62 | #603 |
| 2005 | 54 | #644 |
| 2004 | 30 | #949 |
| 2003 | 30 | #916 |
| 2002 | 21 | #1,121 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Anaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #336among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 911about 1 in 1,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 911 girls in the US were named Anaya, making it the 336th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 383rd. It first appears in the records in 1978.
2025 had the most girls named Anaya of any year since it first appeared, in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Anaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,733 girls in the US were given Anaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #123, up from #336 for this spelling alone.
Anaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 911 | #336 |
| 2024 | 785 | #406 |
| 2023 | 789 | #388 |
| 2022 | 770 | #410 |
| 2021 | 758 | #414 |
| 2020 | 809 | #383 |
| 2019 | 779 | #397 |
| 2018 | 736 | #429 |
| 2017 | 768 | #413 |
| 2016 | 837 | #397 |
| 2015 | 789 | #407 |
| 2014 | 741 | #430 |
| 2013 | 641 | #477 |
| 2012 | 648 | #474 |
| 2011 | 622 | #478 |
| 2010 | 625 | #482 |
| 2009 | 657 | #472 |
| 2008 | 728 | #438 |
| 2007 | 694 | #464 |
| 2006 | 642 | #484 |
| 2005 | 635 | #481 |
| 2004 | 567 | #511 |
| 2003 | 519 | #539 |
| 2002 | 379 | #670 |
| 2001 | 328 | #732 |
| 2000 | 243 | #900 |
| 1999 | 187 | #1,069 |
| 1998 | 104 | #1,576 |
| 1997 | 84 | #1,782 |
| 1996 | 61 | #2,204 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,841 |
| 1994 | 31 | #3,531 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
Names like Anaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amaya Raya Amira Aaliyah Aisha Amara Inaya Safa Arya Maya Maryam Ayah
Other spellings of Anaya
Anayah Anaiah Aniyah Anaiya Aniya Anaiyah Anaia Annaya Aaniya Anniyah Aanaya Annayah Aaniyah
Names related to Anaya
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, “Anaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anaya, updated 20 October 2026.