Girl's name
Anaya
Say it uh-NY-uh
3 syllables
Where Anaya is loved, common and rare
Common across Ontario and England and Wales. Rare in British Columbia, Quebec, Scotland and 11 more places.
1 in 473 girls born in England and Wales in 2025
Ontario 76thEngland and Wales 86thBritish Columbia 115th
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Every place
In 16 of the 40 official lists, among them Ontario (76th), England and Wales (86th) and British Columbia (115th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ontario province | 76th 2024 | 123 | about 1 in 443 |
| England and Wales | 86th 2025 | 535 | 1 in 473 |
| British Columbia province | 115th 2023 | 26 | about 1 in 460 |
| Quebec province | 191st 2025 | 30 | about 1 in 867 |
| Scotland | 198th 2025 | 20 | 1 in 895 |
| France | 202nd 2025 | 290 | 1 in 989 |
| Switzerland | 223rd 2025 | 32 | 1 in 1,062 |
| Ireland | 226th 2025 | 19 | 1 in 1,112 |
| Italy | 276th 2024 | 62 | 1 in 2,890 |
| Catalonia region | 286th 2025 | 12 | 1 in 1,606 |
| Austria | 290th 2025 | 19 | 1 in 1,880 |
| The Netherlands | 385th 2025 | 35 | about 1 in 1,743 |
| Sweden | 478th 2025 | 13 | about 1 in 3,090 |
| Poland | 498th 2025 | 4 | 1 in 29,947 |
| Berlin city | 528th 2023 | 5 | about 1 in 2,901 |
| Bonn city | 382nd 2025 | 1 | about 1 in 3,015 |
Rare, below the listed names: Northern Ireland, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, Munich, Cologne, Leipzig, Rostock, Norway, Spain, Hungary, Slovenia and Israel.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Sources: Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn). How we count, and every source
About the name
Anaya is a girls' name whose origin has not been settled, and no meaning is attested for it. The same word is also a Spanish surname and an Asturian given name, which gives it a second, separate history.
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Said uh-NY-uh, it has three syllables with the stress in the middle and a soft, open ending. Amaya is its closest relative in sound and spelling.
Anaya is a name of this century and is climbing steadily. It is a top-100 name in Ontario and in England and Wales, and it is well used in British Columbia. It is also found in France, Switzerland and Italy. It is rising in most of the places where it appears and falling in none, and in France it reached its highest point in 2025, which marks it as one of the fresher names of its generation.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- uh-NY-uh, 3 syllables
- Other spellings
Over time
Over five years: rising in 12 of 14 regions, falling in none.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 118 | 130 | 147 | 147 | 130 | 131 | 122 | 117 | 110 | 86 |
| Scotland | 262 | 253 | 583 | 376 | 209 | 286 | 285 | 323 | 275 | 198 |
| Ireland | 419 | 471 | 319 | 421 | 517 | 338 | 296 | 320 | 226 | |
| Ontario | 117 | 101 | 135 | 147 | 101 | 92 | 73 | 90 | 76 | |
| British Columbia | 174 | 104 | 167 | 157 | 115 | 109 | 66 | 115 | ||
| South Australia | 383 | 223 | ||||||||
| Quebec | 831 | 532 | 359 | 435 | 655 | 404 | 652 | 296 | 238 | 191 |
| France | 600 | 417 | 378 | 363 | 379 | 374 | 371 | 265 | 224 | 202 |
| The Netherlands | 879 | 645 | 735 | 689 | 709 | 500 | 385 | |||
| Austria | 873 | 756 | 1331 | 1310 | 1837 | 1034 | 859 | 825 | 771 | 290 |
| Switzerland | 896 | 750 | 465 | 600 | 598 | 445 | 560 | 319 | 334 | 223 |
| Berlin | 1432 | 985 | 657 | 668 | 782 | 812 | 969 | 528 | ||
| Bonn | 419 | 168 | 382 | |||||||
| Sweden | 589 | 548 | 512 | 344 | 383 | 887 | 478 | |||
| Catalonia | 541 | 615 | 389 | 485 | 487 | 297 | 244 | 192 | 218 | 286 |
| Italy | 563 | 341 | 349 | 333 | 276 | |||||
| Poland | 603 | 408 | 516 | 457 | 435 | 498 | ||||
| Slovenia | 167 | 231 | 209 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 86 | 535 | 211.2 |
| 2024 | 110 | 431 | 167.1 |
| 2023 | 117 | 419 | 163.3 |
| 2022 | 122 | 421 | 159.8 |
| 2021 | 131 | 396 | 144.5 |
| 2020 | 130 | 384 | 143.1 |
| 2019 | 147 | 344 | 122.8 |
| 2018 | 147 | 356 | 123.5 |
| 2017 | 130 | 429 | 143.4 |
| 2016 | 118 | 484 | 157.6 |
| 2015 | 127 | 452 | 146.8 |
| 2014 | 132 | 412 | 134.3 |
| 2013 | 155 | 330 | 107.0 |
| 2012 | 179 | 284 | 88.2 |
| 2011 | 252 | 195 | 60.7 |
| 2010 | 305 | 155 | 48.3 |
| 2009 | 370 | 116 | 37.0 |
| 2008 | 404 | 107 | 33.9 |
| 2007 | 527 | 70 | 22.9 |
| 2006 | 564 | 62 | 20.7 |
| 2005 | 596 | 54 | 18.7 |
| 2004 | 883 | 30 | 10.5 |
| 2003 | 876 | 29 | 10.4 |
| 2002 | 1032 | 21 | 7.9 |
| 2001 | 1617 | 11 | 4.1 |
| 2000 | 1313 | 14 | 5.1 |
| 1999 | 2770 | 5 | 1.8 |
| 1998 | 3142 | 4 | 1.4 |
| 1996 | 3126 | 4 | 1.4 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Anaya in France since 1925 were born in or after 2020. First recorded in 2000. Her peak year there: 2025, at 101.1 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Anaya per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Anaya
1 in 394 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Anaya.
1 in 924 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Anaya.
1 in 1,041 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Anaya.
1 in 564 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Anaya. Same first letter as Anaya.
1 in 320 in Scotland
1 in 1,625 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Anaya.
1 in 1,491 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Anaya. Same first letter as Anaya.
1 in 3,521 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Anaya.
1 in 1,041 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Anaya.
1 in 716 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Anaya. Same first letter as Anaya.
Middle names for Anaya
1 in 107 in Northern Ireland
Anaya Charlotte
3-2 beats · initials AC
Changes the beat after Anaya: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 86 in Ireland
Anaya Sophie
3-2 beats · initials AS
Changes the beat after Anaya: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Anaya Grace
3-1 beats · initials AG
Changes the beat after Anaya: 3 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Anaya Olivia
3-4 beats · initials AO · Anaya slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Anaya: 3 syllables, then 4 syllables. Anaya slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 102 in Ireland
Anaya Mia
3-2 beats · initials AM
Changes the beat after Anaya: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 132 in Northern Ireland
Anaya Ruby
3-2 beats · initials AR
Changes the beat after Anaya: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Anaya Rose
3-1 beats · initials AR
Changes the beat after Anaya: 3 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 173 in Northern Ireland
Anaya Nora
3-2 beats · initials AN
Changes the beat after Anaya: 3 syllables, then 2 syllables.
Same style as Anaya
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 636 in England and Wales
97% alike: moves with Anaya across countries and decades.
1 in 1,193 in Scotland
96% alike: moves with Anaya across countries and decades.
1 in 852 in Scotland
95% alike: moves with Anaya across countries and decades.
1 in 1,634 in England and Wales
95% alike: moves with Anaya across countries and decades.
1 in 2,429 in Northern Ireland
95% alike: moves with Anaya across countries and decades.
1 in 3,127 in England and Wales
95% alike: moves with Anaya across countries and decades.
1 in 394 in England and Wales
94% alike: moves with Anaya across countries and decades.
1 in 1,151 in England and Wales
94% alike: moves with Anaya across countries and decades.
Questions about Anaya
4 questions, on how popular she is, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Anaya?
Her best rank is No. 76 in Ontario in 2024, about 1 in 443 girls. She is in the published lists of 16 of our 40 regions.
How do you pronounce Anaya?
uh-NY-uh, with 3 syllables.
Is Anaya getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 12 of 14 regions, falling in none.
Which sister names go with Anaya?
The deck's top five sisters for Anaya: Lyra, Noor, Gianna, Amara and Myla. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.