# Anya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/anya/  
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 | Russian |
| Meaning | “ann” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 20,561 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 20,561 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 8,260, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Russian and Ukrainian А́ня (Ánja, informal pet form of А́нна (Ánna, “Ann”)). Also an Anglicization of Áine.

## 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 | 727 | 432 |
| 2012 | 787 | 394 |
| 2013 | 688 | 446 |
| 2014 | 671 | 473 |
| 2015 | 564 | 550 |
| 2016 | 516 | 592 |
| 2017 | 471 | 627 |
| 2018 | 431 | 678 |
| 2019 | 445 | 658 |
| 2020 | 438 | 657 |
| 2021 | 574 | 537 |
| 2022 | 645 | 486 |
| 2023 | 695 | 443 |
| 2024 | 801 | 394 |
| 2025 | 821 | 375 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 408 | 139 |
| 2012 | 319 | 163 |
| 2013 | 332 | 154 |
| 2014 | 331 | 166 |
| 2015 | 316 | 172 |
| 2016 | 239 | 219 |
| 2017 | 232 | 223 |
| 2018 | 224 | 226 |
| 2019 | 179 | 269 |
| 2020 | 164 | 283 |
| 2021 | 171 | 278 |
| 2022 | 164 | 279 |
| 2023 | 134 | 329 |
| 2024 | 137 | 315 |
| 2025 | 155 | 291 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: А́ня
- Danish: Anja
- Finnish: Anja
- French: Anya
- German: Anja
- Japanese: アンヤ, アーニャ
- Russian: А́ня
- Swedish: Anja
- Ukrainian: Аня
- Welsh: Ania

## People named Anya

- Anya Taylor-Joy, American actress and model (born 1996)
- Anya Chalotra, British actress
- Anya Marina, American musician
- Anya Seton, American author of historical fiction (1904-1990)
- Anya Pencheva, Bulgarian actress
- Anya Phillips, fashion designer and music manager (1955–1981)
- Anya Olsen, American pornographic actress
- Anya Major, British athlete and actor
- Anya Shrubsole, England cricketer
- Anya Corke, chess player

## 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.