Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1995. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ananya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,015
- 5 boys · 4,010 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 214 babies
- 2025
- 52
- #3,105 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −45%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 52 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,105 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 44.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 214 in 2008. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (12). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,634 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.
Ananya’s family of names
In English usage, Ananya has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form अनन्य. In Hindi usage, Ananya is a Roman-alphabet rendering of अनन्य.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Ananya
- Ananya PandayIndian actress (1998-present)
- AnanyaIndian actressborn 1987
- Ananya KhareIndian actressborn 1968
- Ananya ChatterjeeIndian actressborn 1977
- Ananya RoyIndian academicborn 1970
- Ananya AgarwalIndian television child actressborn 2004
- Ananya KasaravalliIndian film actress
- Ananya NagallaIndian actress
- Ananya NandaIndian (Odia) singer
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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