Given name
Aanya
“inexhaustible”
Aanya is a feminine given name from Sanskrit, meaning “inexhaustible.”
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aanya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,732
- 0 boys · 3,732 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 266 babies
- 2025
- 124
- #1,666 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −3%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 124 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,666 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 2.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 266 in 2014. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (28). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,738 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aanya’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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