# Aniyah (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aniyah/  
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 | 31,212 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 31,207 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,195, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Aniya.

## 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 | 1,587 | 197 |
| 2012 | 1,646 | 191 |
| 2013 | 1,465 | 217 |
| 2014 | 1,499 | 225 |
| 2015 | 1,310 | 246 |
| 2016 | 1,169 | 271 |
| 2017 | 1,118 | 291 |
| 2018 | 1,132 | 291 |
| 2019 | 1,152 | 290 |
| 2020 | 1,035 | 309 |
| 2021 | 968 | 338 |
| 2022 | 824 | 378 |
| 2023 | 828 | 372 |
| 2024 | 683 | 458 |
| 2025 | 618 | 485 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 5 | 11,573 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 38 | 937 |
| 2012 | 42 | 887 |
| 2013 | 58 | 684 |
| 2014 | 77 | 547 |
| 2015 | 81 | 532 |
| 2016 | 81 | 527 |
| 2017 | 83 | 514 |
| 2018 | 85 | 503 |
| 2019 | 103 | 409 |
| 2020 | 76 | 525 |
| 2021 | 64 | 603 |
| 2022 | 74 | 526 |
| 2023 | 78 | 506 |
| 2024 | 78 | 503 |
| 2025 | 62 | 630 |

## 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.