Anniyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-NY-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Anniyah is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
Where does Anniyah come from?
Spelling of Aniyah; root uncertain
Meaning borrowed from Aniyah. More on Wiktionary.
Is Anniyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Anniyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anniyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 68% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Anniyah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 58 girls.
Half of all the girls named Anniyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 993 girls in the UK were given Anniyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #55, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Anniyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,527 |
| 2014 | 26 | #1,336 |
| 2013 | 36 | #1,065 |
| 2012 | 58 | #747 |
| 2011 | 39 | #977 |
| 2010 | 36 | #1,004 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,449 |
| 2008 | 21 | #1,443 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
How popular is Anniyah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Anniyah, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 63 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Anniyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,733 girls in the US were given Anniyah 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.
Anniyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,342 |
| 2018 | 30 | #4,560 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,996 |
| 2015 | 31 | #4,487 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 48 | #3,313 |
| 2012 | 61 | #2,831 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,944 |
| 2010 | 45 | #3,515 |
| 2009 | 63 | #2,799 |
| 2008 | 43 | #3,709 |
| 2007 | 46 | #3,530 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,025 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 29 | #4,413 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
Names like Anniyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Ayah Safa Zainab Amira Aasiyah Sumayyah Aafiyah Nusaybah Aaminah Ruqayyah Abeeha
Other spellings of Anniyah
Anaya Anayah Anaiah Aniyah Anaiya Aniya Anaiyah Anaia Annaya Aaniya Aanaya Annayah Aaniyah
Names related to Anniyah
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, “Anniyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anniyah, updated 20 October 2026.