Anina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-NEE-nah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Anina is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “grace, favour”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Anina mean?
Hebrew: diminutive of Anna
“grace, favour”
A European pet form of Anna, which comes from the Hebrew name Hannah.
Is Anina a girl's or a boy's name?
Anina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anina in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 6 girls.
Anina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
How popular is Anina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Anina, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1957.
2025 had fewer girls named Anina than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Anina in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
Nicknames for Anina
Names like Anina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha, Amira, Anaya, Amara, Ayla, Raya, Amaya, Maryam, Khadija, Amina, Ava, Anika
Names related to Anina
Anna, Aniyah, Aniya, Ann, Ania, Ani, Anni, Wania, Anaia, Annya
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Anina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anina, updated 20 October 2026.