Waniya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- WAH-nee-ya
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,961 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Waniya is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
Where does Waniya come from?
Used in Pakistani families; source uncertain
Is Waniya a girl's or a boy's name?
Waniya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Waniya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,961among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Waniya, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Waniya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Waniya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 17 | #1,803 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,669 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 14 | #2,111 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
How popular is Waniya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,237among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 67,000 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, 24 girls in the US were named Waniya, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. It first appears in the records in 2009.
2025 had the most girls named Waniya of any year since it first appeared, in 2009.
Half of all the girls named Waniya in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Waniya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
Names like Waniya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Abeeha Nusaybah Safiya Hafsa Ruqayyah Zainab Aaliyah Safaa Rahma Ayra Rumaysa
Names related to Waniya
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, “Waniya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/waniya, updated 20 October 2026.