Given name
Aniya
“a woman graced with God's favor”
Aniya is a variant of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aniya is a variant of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aniya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18,085
- 0 boys · 18,085 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 1,271 babies
- 2025
- 226
- #1,071 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −38%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 226 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 1,071 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 37.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,271 in 2007. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (27). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 13,135 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.
Aniya’s family of names
Aniya has a related form in Anna. In English usage, Aniya has a related form in Aniyah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Aniya
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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