How popular is the name Anya?

Anya ranks 867th among girls' names in US records, with 22,418 births since 1943. Over the past decade it accounts for 6,283.

Is Anya a unisex name?

No. Anya is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2007, when 1,065 children were given the name. It has been in use for 82 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Anyah, Annya, Aneya, Ahnya, Aneyah, Ahnyah, Annyah. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#867 of girl names

Pronounced AE1 N Y AA1 (ARPABET)

Anya is a girls' name, and first appears in 1943. It has been given to 22,418 children — the 867th most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 31% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2007, when 1,065 children were given it.

Seven other spellings are counted in that total — Anyah, Annya, Aneya and four more — because they are pronounced identically.

20071,065

These spellings sound identical to Anya and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Anya?: Anya ranks 867th among girls' names in US records, with 22,418 births since 1943. Over the past decade it accounts for 6,283.
Is Anya a unisex name?: No. Anya is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Anya most popular?: 2007, when 1,065 children were given the name. It has been in use for 82 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Anya spelled?: Anyah, Annya, Aneya, Ahnya, Aneyah, Ahnyah, Annyah. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.