Anaiya

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 25 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
25
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1271
25 babies

Anaiya by the numbers

In 2025, 25 babies in England and Wales were named Anaiya. In the US, 56 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

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

Its American peak was 130 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Anaiya

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 Anaiya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Ananyaunique or incomparable140 in the US (2017)
  • Anaiyahgod has answered; a form of Anayah or Hannah24 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Anaya535 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aniya385 in the US (2017)
  • Alaiya42 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Amaiya17 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Anaiya

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

  • 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)
  • Aiyana318 in the US (2017)
  • Aiyanna169 in the US (2017)
  • Anniyah26 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Anaiya

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