Aniya
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — four syllables, given to 385 babies a year in the US.
How Aniya has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #596 |
| 2016 | #680 |
| 2017 | #733 |
| 2018 | #713 |
| 2019 | #780 |
| 2020 | #876 |
| 2021 | #977 |
Aniya by the numbers
In 2025, 24 babies in England and Wales were named Aniya. In the US, 385 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 the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 1,270 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Aniya
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 Aniya. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Anikasweet-faced or graceful499 in the US (2017)
- Anyagrace; a russian form of anna155 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ariyanoble; of noble birth124 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aliyaexalted, sublime80 in England and Wales (2025)
- Anitagrace; a diminutive of Ana185 in the US (2017)
- Asiyaone who tends; caretaker92 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Aniya
Names that are said the same way as Aniya, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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