Aniah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 99 babies a year in the US.
Aniah by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Aniah. In the US, 99 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 the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 230 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Aniah
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 Aniah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Aliahexalted or ascent; a respelling of Aliyah226 in the US (2017)
- Anaiahgod has answered or afflicted100 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aniagrace; a form of Anna77 in the US (2017)
- Asiahgod has made; variant of asher69 in the US (2017)
- Aviahmy father is Yah; variant of Aviya35 in the US (2017)
- Annahgrace; favor; a form of Anna28 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Aniah
Names that are said the same way as Aniah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Anahiflower; from guaraní indigenous tradition481 in the US (2017)
- Anyagrace; a russian form of anna155 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ayannabeautiful flower; blooming flower229 in the US (2017)
- Anayahgod has answered; a form of Hannah156 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aanyagracious, merciful39 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ahanadawn, first light of morning15 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Aniah
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