Annya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AHN-ya
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #1,125 for girls
Annya is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “grace”. In 2025 it ranked 1,125th for girls in the US (208 babies).
What does Annya mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Anya, a Russian pet form of Anna
“grace”
Anya is a Russian pet form of Anna, which comes from the Hebrew name Hannah, 'grace, favour'.
Is Annya a girl's or a boy's name?
Annya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 208 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Annya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Annya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Annya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
How popular is Annya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,125th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 208 about 1 in 7,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 208 girls in the US were named Annya, making it the 1,125th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. It first appears in the records in 1985.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Annya of any year since it first appeared, in 1985.
Half of all the girls named Annya in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 277 girls in the US were given Annya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #872, up from #1,125 for this spelling alone.
- Annya 208
- Ania 69
Annya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 208 | #1,125 |
| 2024 | 162 | #1,390 |
| 2023 | 69 | #2,555 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
Names like Annya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arya, Anya, Ava, Raya, Ayra, Freya, Aadhya, Isla, Mia, Anaya, Lyra, Ayla
Other spellings of Annya
Names related to Annya
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
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, “Annya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/annya, updated 20 October 2026.