# Aanya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aanya/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “inexhaustible” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,732 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,732 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 813, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Sanskrit [Term?] (“inexhaustible”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 229 | 1,075 |
| 2012 | 247 | 1,026 |
| 2013 | 230 | 1,073 |
| 2014 | 266 | 997 |
| 2015 | 240 | 1,088 |
| 2016 | 216 | 1,164 |
| 2017 | 160 | 1,422 |
| 2018 | 134 | 1,595 |
| 2019 | 141 | 1,528 |
| 2020 | 138 | 1,533 |
| 2021 | 163 | 1,354 |
| 2022 | 189 | 1,269 |
| 2023 | 157 | 1,421 |
| 2024 | 134 | 1,575 |
| 2025 | 124 | 1,666 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 71 | 569 |
| 2012 | 49 | 789 |
| 2013 | 48 | 802 |
| 2014 | 49 | 794 |
| 2015 | 72 | 585 |
| 2016 | 32 | 1,086 |
| 2017 | 28 | 1,219 |
| 2018 | 24 | 1,343 |
| 2019 | 36 | 980 |
| 2020 | 26 | 1,238 |
| 2021 | 27 | 1,224 |
| 2022 | 28 | 1,180 |
| 2023 | 30 | 1,108 |
| 2024 | 30 | 1,128 |
| 2025 | 39 | 894 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.