The first name Aniyah
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Variant of Aniya.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 62 girls were named Aniyah, making it the 630th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2019, with 103 births (#409).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Aniyah with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Aniyah at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 618 girls born in the United States were named Aniyah, the 485th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2009, when 1,825 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Questions
- What does the name Aniyah mean?
- Variant of Aniya.
- How popular is the name Aniyah?
- In 2025, 62 girls born in England and Wales were named Aniyah, ranking 630th. Its peak was 2019, with 103 births.
- Is Aniyah a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 31,212 US babies named Aniyah since 1880 were girls.
- When was Aniyah most popular?
- 2009 in the United States, when 1,825 babies were named Aniyah, its highest rank at 181st.