Anaaya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 15 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
15
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1892
15 babies

Anaaya by the numbers

In 2025, 15 babies in England and Wales were named Anaaya. In the US, 17 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Anaaya

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Anaaya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Ananyaunique or incomparable140 in the US (2017)
  • Anaya535 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Anaiya25 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Analaya18 in the US (2017)
  • Annaya9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Analya8 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Anaaya

Names that are said the same way as Anaaya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Anaiyahgod has answered; a form of Anayah or Hannah24 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aaniyahgift of god; a form of Anya or Aniyah43 in the US (2017)
  • Aayanaa form of Ayana, swift or quick moving3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aniyah1,107 in the US (2017)
  • Aniya385 in the US (2017)
  • Aiyana318 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Anaaya

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