Girls' name · peaked in 2005
Aniya name popularity since 1925
18,085 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Aniya. Half of them were born in 2008 or earlier, so the typical Aniya is about 18 years old in 2026. Aniya peaked in 2005 as the #261 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 18,085
- Named Aniya, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,071 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 18,085 girls · 0 boys
- Most popular in
- Maryland
- 2.82× its national share
Peak year is the year Aniya made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Aniya births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2007. Measured as a share of all babies, Aniya peaked in 2005.
- Fastest rise: Between 1997 and 2002, Aniya became 6.9× more common, from 1 in 16,300 baby girls to 1 in 2,360.
- Steepest fall: Between 2008 and 2013, its share of baby girls fell by 49%, from 1 in 1,510 to 1 in 2,960.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Aniya's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Aniya.
Decade by decade
Babies named Aniya in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 5 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 41 | Under 5 |
| 1990s | 827 | #2,625 |
| 2000s | 10,086 | #261 |
| 2010s | 5,642 | #595 |
| 2020–25 | 1,484 | #1,071 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
72.5% of babies named Aniya from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Aniya is most popular
The index compares Aniya's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Aniya.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 2.82× | 738 |
| Georgia | 2.36× | 1,117 |
| North Carolina | 2.07× | 1,004 |
| Florida | 1.88× | 1,165 |
| Mississippi | 1.81× | 376 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Aniya and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Aniya (this page) | 18,085 | 2005 |
| Aniyah | 31,207 | 2009 |
| Anya | 20,561 | 2025 |
| Anaya | 17,997 | 2025 |
| Anaiya | 2,240 | 2009 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Aniya's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Aniya.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Aniya (2005).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data