Anyah
Anyah was the 5574th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 2005, when it ranked 1756th with 112 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,089 places. More babies were named Anyah in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Anya) pet form of Anna ('grace') · Russian, Hebrew
- Rank in 2025
- #5,574 girls, down 1,391 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 22girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2005112 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,663babies recorded
What does the name Anyah mean?
Anyah is a spelling of Anya, pronounced the same way, so it shares Anya's meaning and origin.
Anya is a Russian and Ukrainian pet form of Anna. DMNES derives Anne/Anna from Hebrew Hannah, "grace, favor". Wiktionary also notes Anya as an English form of the Irish name Áine and a modern Sanskrit-based name in India. In US use it is mostly the Russian pet form. Anna is the Greek and Latin form of Hannah, the mother of the prophet Samuel (1 Samuel 1:2).
Аня (Russian, “pet form of Anna”)חַנָּה (Biblical Hebrew, “grace, favor”)
How sure is this? Probable. Mostly a pet form of Anna; other sources exist.
Related names: Anna, Ann, Anja, Ania.
See also: Hebrew names, names that mean grace.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Anya', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources (ed. S. L. Uckelman), Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Anne', DMNES, Durham University
- Hebrew Bible / Tanakh, I Samuel 1.2, JPS translation with notes (via Sefaria), Sefaria
Anyah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,574 | 22 |
| 2020 | #4,183 | 33 |
| 2010 | #2,275 | 84 |
| 2000 | #3,172 | 43 |
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How popular is Anyah, counting every spelling?
Anyah is a spelling of Anya, a name family that ranked #286 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #5,574 for Anyah on its own. Together these spellings went to 1,175 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anya | 821 | #375 | 3,536 |
| Aanya | 124 | #1,666 | 767 |
| Annya | 208 | #1,125 | 465 |
| Anyah | 22 | #5,574 | 111 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Anyah?
22 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Anyah (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Anyah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 381 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Anyah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Anyah?
About 1,600 people born in the US named Anyah are alive today, with a median age of 18; half are between 13 and 22. That makes Anyah mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Anyah by state
How common Anyah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Anyah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Anyah, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Anyah
What does Anyah mean?
Anyah is a spelling of Anya, which means “pet form of Anna ('grace')” (Russian, Hebrew origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Anyah?
Anyah was the 5574th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 2005, when it ranked 1756th with 112 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,089 places. More babies were named Anyah in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Anyah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Anyah in the US.
Where is Anyah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Anyah was most common in Georgia (0.02 per 1,000 girls).