Anaya Girl
How popular is Anaya?
#336 girl name in 2025
911 baby girls were named Anaya in the US in 2025, making it the 336th most popular girl name.
Anaya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #336 for girls (▲ 70 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 911 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+15% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #407 in 2015, #383 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (911 girls) |
| Highest rank | #336 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1978 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.7% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Anaya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Anaya family of names ranked #194 for girls in 2025 (#223 the year before), with 1,755 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anaya | 911 | 52% |
| Anayah | 289 | 16% |
| Anaiah | 318 | 18% |
| Anaia | 183 | 10% |
| Annaya | 16 | 1% |
| Aanaya | 10 | 1% |
| Annayah | 19 | 1% |
| Annaiah | 9 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Anaya is most popular
Babies named Anaya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 1.1 per 1,000 (197 girls)
- Connecticut: 1.0 per 1,000 (58 girls)
- Maryland: 0.9 per 1,000 (96 girls)
- New York: 0.9 per 1,000 (340 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.8 per 1,000 (96 girls)
Anaya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 13 | #7,311 |
| 1980s | 42 | #6,703 |
| 1990s | 542 | #1,069 |
| 2000s | 5,392 | #438 |
| 2010s | 7,186 | #397 |
| 2020s | 4,822 | #336 |
Girl names about as popular as Anaya
Questions
- Is Anaya a boy or girl name?
- Anaya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Anaya were girls.
- How popular is the name Anaya?
- 911 baby girls were named Anaya in the US in 2025, making it the 336th most popular girl name.
- When was Anaya most popular?
- Anaya peaked in 2025, when 911 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #336 in 2025.
- How many people are named Anaya?
- 17,997 babies have been named Anaya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 17,885 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Anaya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Anaya was most common in New Jersey, at 1.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.