# Aniya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aniya/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 18,085 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 18,085 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 611, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Said by some references to be Hebrew.

## 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 | 770 | 412 |
| 2012 | 682 | 457 |
| 2013 | 592 | 508 |
| 2014 | 564 | 549 |
| 2015 | 501 | 595 |
| 2016 | 434 | 672 |
| 2017 | 386 | 733 |
| 2018 | 402 | 713 |
| 2019 | 356 | 779 |
| 2020 | 307 | 876 |
| 2021 | 265 | 979 |
| 2022 | 234 | 1,073 |
| 2023 | 248 | 1,019 |
| 2024 | 204 | 1,175 |
| 2025 | 226 | 1,071 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 31 | 1,096 |
| 2012 | 29 | 1,150 |
| 2013 | 48 | 802 |
| 2014 | 34 | 1,040 |
| 2015 | 41 | 891 |
| 2016 | 36 | 994 |
| 2017 | 46 | 836 |
| 2018 | 37 | 972 |
| 2019 | 26 | 1,252 |
| 2020 | 21 | 1,449 |
| 2021 | 27 | 1,224 |
| 2022 | 18 | 1,621 |
| 2023 | 24 | 1,325 |
| 2024 | 26 | 1,262 |
| 2025 | 24 | 1,315 |

## 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.