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Anyah

Girl · AN-ya · Hebrew

Anyah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “grace, favour”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).

What does Anyah mean?

Hebrew: spelling of Anya; 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.

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AN-ya

Meaning borrowed from Anya. More on Wiktionary.

Is Anyah a girl's or a boy's name?

Anyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Anyah in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,935among girls
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 70,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Anyah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2010, with 5 girls.

Half of all the girls named Anyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 173 girls in the UK were given Anyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #293, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 5 in 20102025
Anyah in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20254#4,935
20240–
20234#4,915
20220–
20214#4,864
20200–
20190–
20184#4,914
20170–
20160–
20153#5,983
20145#4,187
20133#6,003
20120–
20115#4,244
20105#4,220
20093#5,801
20080–
20074#4,494
20060–
20050–
20040–
20034#3,768
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19970–
19963#3,935

How popular is Anyah in the US?

Rank in 2025
#5,553among girls
Babies in 2025
22about 1 in 73,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 29% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Anyah, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,167th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 112 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.

Half of all the girls named Anyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 858 girls in the US were given Anyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #388, up from #5,553 for this spelling alone.

1988Busiest: 112 in 20052025
Anyah in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202522#5,553
202412#8,438
202332#4,361
202220#5,981
202125#5,087
202033#4,167
201924#5,304
201836#4,000
201737#3,995
201639#3,849
201545#3,478
201446#3,423
201353#3,075
201250#3,266
201175#2,433
201084#2,274
2009112#1,876
2008103#2,020
2007106#1,940
2006109#1,865
2005112#1,754
2004108#1,768
200393#1,946
200277#2,155
200189#1,937
200043#3,165
199928#4,084
199818#5,579
19976#12,065
19967#10,562
19958#9,548
19946#11,771
19930–
19920–
19910–
19900–
19890–
19885#11,792

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