Anya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AN-ya
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #287 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #375 for girls
Anya is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “grace, favour”. In 2025 it ranked 287th for girls in the UK (169 babies) and 375th for girls in the US (821 babies).
What does Anya mean?
Hebrew: Russian pet form of Anna
“grace, favour”
A Russian short form of Anna, the name given to the Virgin Mary's mother in Christian tradition.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Anya a girl's or a boy's name?
Anya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 169 girls in the UK and 821 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #287among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 169about 1 in 1,600 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 169 girls in the UK were named Anya, making it the 287th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 276th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 475 girls.
Half of all the girls named Anya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 291st in England and Wales, 324th in Scotland and 334th in Northern Ireland.
Anya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 169 | #287 |
| 2024 | 145 | #332 |
| 2023 | 149 | #325 |
| 2022 | 176 | #289 |
| 2021 | 181 | #291 |
| 2020 | 184 | #276 |
| 2019 | 189 | #281 |
| 2018 | 244 | #229 |
| 2017 | 253 | #224 |
| 2016 | 269 | #216 |
| 2015 | 341 | #178 |
| 2014 | 363 | #172 |
| 2013 | 365 | #163 |
| 2012 | 343 | #166 |
| 2011 | 440 | #144 |
| 2010 | 471 | #135 |
| 2009 | 407 | #152 |
| 2008 | 432 | #138 |
| 2007 | 414 | #149 |
| 2006 | 443 | #139 |
| 2005 | 475 | #127 |
| 2004 | 425 | #137 |
| 2003 | 407 | #139 |
| 2002 | 397 | #135 |
| 2001 | 363 | #143 |
| 2000 | 270 | #181 |
| 1999 | 221 | #221 |
| 1998 | 153 | #280 |
| 1997 | 131 | #308 |
| 1996 | 122 | #323 |
How popular is Anya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #375among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 821about 1 in 2,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 76% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 821 girls in the US were named Anya, making it the 375th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 657th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 895 girls. It first appears in the records in 1943.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had more girls named Anya than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Anya in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 821 | #375 |
| 2024 | 801 | #394 |
| 2023 | 695 | #443 |
| 2022 | 645 | #486 |
| 2021 | 574 | #536 |
| 2020 | 438 | #657 |
| 2019 | 445 | #658 |
| 2018 | 431 | #678 |
| 2017 | 471 | #627 |
| 2016 | 516 | #592 |
| 2015 | 564 | #550 |
| 2014 | 671 | #473 |
| 2013 | 688 | #446 |
| 2012 | 787 | #394 |
| 2011 | 727 | #432 |
| 2010 | 789 | #406 |
| 2009 | 889 | #363 |
| 2008 | 884 | #372 |
| 2007 | 895 | #364 |
| 2006 | 777 | #410 |
| 2005 | 680 | #446 |
| 2004 | 631 | #468 |
| 2003 | 596 | #488 |
| 2002 | 578 | #484 |
| 2001 | 508 | #525 |
| 2000 | 439 | #586 |
| 1999 | 326 | #690 |
| 1998 | 252 | #845 |
| 1997 | 152 | #1,192 |
| 1996 | 122 | #1,373 |
| 1995 | 140 | #1,222 |
| 1994 | 132 | #1,282 |
| 1993 | 96 | #1,588 |
| 1992 | 96 | #1,597 |
| 1991 | 80 | #1,773 |
| 1990 | 99 | #1,539 |
| 1989 | 113 | #1,351 |
| 1988 | 78 | #1,659 |
| 1987 | 64 | #1,811 |
| 1986 | 83 | #1,494 |
| 1985 | 91 | #1,400 |
| 1984 | 130 | #1,075 |
| 1983 | 146 | #993 |
| 1982 | 123 | #1,138 |
| 1981 | 166 | #901 |
| 1980 | 334 | #556 |
| 1979 | 72 | #1,592 |
| 1978 | 72 | #1,537 |
| 1977 | 69 | #1,559 |
| 1976 | 57 | #1,694 |
| 1975 | 57 | #1,672 |
| 1974 | 46 | #1,881 |
| 1973 | 50 | #1,755 |
| 1972 | 38 | #2,057 |
| 1971 | 29 | #2,542 |
| 1970 | 32 | #2,354 |
| 1969 | 43 | #1,897 |
| 1968 | 32 | #2,126 |
| 1967 | 29 | #2,212 |
| 1966 | 31 | #2,093 |
| 1965 | 19 | #2,832 |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,674 |
| 1963 | 26 | #2,363 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,792 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 14 | #3,185 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
Names like Anya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arya Prisha Aadhya Anaya Aisha Aarya Saanvi Aavya Anika Priya Aanya Navya
Other spellings of Anya
Names related to Anya
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Anya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anya, updated 20 October 2026.