Annaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-NY-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Annaya is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
Where does Annaya come from?
Spelling of Anaya; used in several cultures with different roots
Meaning borrowed from Anaya. More on Wiktionary.
Is Annaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Annaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Annaya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Annaya, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 12 girls.
2025 had more girls named Annaya than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Annaya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 993 girls in the UK were given Annaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #55, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Annaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
How popular is Annaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 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, 16 girls in the US were named Annaya, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
2025 had more girls named Annaya than any year since 2012.
Half of all the girls named Annaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,733 girls in the US were given Annaya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #123, up from #6,837 for this spelling alone.
Annaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,180 |
| 2009 | 21 | #6,314 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
Names like Annaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amaya, Amira, Alaya, Aaliyah, Safa, Raya, Inaya, Ayah, Ayra, Abeeha, Khadija, Amara
Other spellings of Annaya
Anaya, Anayah, Anaiah, Aniyah, Anaiya, Aniya, Anaiyah, Anaia, Aaniya, Anniyah, Aanaya, Annayah, Aaniyah
Names related to Annaya
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, “Annaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/annaya, updated 20 October 2026.