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Anaya

girl name
Origin
Sanskrit
Syllables
3
Peak era
2020s
Today
▲ Rising

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Meaning

caring, compassionate

The story

Anaya is traditionally read as caring and compassionate, a Sanskrit-linked reading our records carry, and the name lives happily in several worlds at once: it is also a Spanish surname familiar across Latin America, which is part of why it sounds at home in so many households. The record chose it recently: about 540 in the 1990s, 5,400 in the 2000s, 7,200 in the 2010s, and 4,800 so far this decade, closing on the full 2010s with years to run. It goes to girls without exception: about 18,000 to none. The sound sits near Aaliyah's lifted register and one letter from Anya, and like the best of that shelf it needs no translation to feel kind. A name that means care, worn in three alphabets' worth of families: the meaning does the introductions.

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How popular is Anaya around the world?

In the United States, 4,822 babies were named Anaya between 2020 and 2025. In England and Wales, 535 girls named Anaya were born in 2025, the 86th most common name among girls that year.

Anaya is on the official records of the United States, England and Wales, New Zealand, Canada, France, Ireland, South Australia, Scotland, Austria, Chile, Poland, Spain and Brazil.

United States

1 in 4,500

In the United States, 4,822 babies were named Anaya between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Anaya peaked in the 2020s.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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England and Wales

1 in 1,100

In England and Wales, 535 girls named Anaya were born in 2025, the 86th most common name among girls that year.

1996peak 2025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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New Zealand

1 in 1,700

In New Zealand, 34 girls named Anaya were registered in 2025.

2010peak 2025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Canada

1 in 1,800

In Canada, 205 girls named Anaya were born in 2024, the 129th most common name among girls that year.

1991peak 2022

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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France

1 in 2,200

In France, about 290 girls named Anaya were born in 2025, the 203rd most common name among girls that year.

2000peak 2025

share of that year’s births on record

Births in France by year of birth, from INSEE’s fichier des prénoms (1900–2025; Mayotte from 2012); exact spellings count separately (Léo and Leo are different names), any spelling under 3 in a year and sex is withheld at source, every count is rounded to the nearest 5 at source, and nametree keeps the spellings that reached 20 in some year. Shares divide by INSEE’s count of births in France from 1957, and before that by the file’s own total for the year; INSEE says the file is not complete before 1946. Source: Insee, fichier des prénoms (last updated 2026-07-16)

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Ireland

1 in 2,800

In Ireland, 19 girls named Anaya were born in 2025, the 226th most common name among girls that year.

2010peak 2025

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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South Australia

1 in 3,100 · 2017

In South Australia, 6 girls were registered as Anaya in 2017.
The count never rose above 6 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Scotland

1 in 3,500

In Scotland, 13 girls named Anaya were registered in 2024, the 275th most common name among girls that year.

2000peak 2020

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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Austria

1 in 4,000

In Austria, 19 girls named Anaya were born in 2025, the 290th most common name among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

2010peak 2025

share of that year’s births on record

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Chile

1 in 59,000

In Chile, 3 girls were registered as Anaya in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.
The count never rose above 8 in a year, too few to chart.

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Poland

1 in 62,000

In Poland, 4 girls named Anaya were born in 2025, the 498th most common name among girls that year.
The count never rose above 6 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Spain

1 in 130,000

In Spain, 353 residents are named Anaya, ranked 2,925th among women, with a mean age of 8.6 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Brazil

1 in 1M

At the 2022 census, 162 people in Brazil were named Anaya, ranked 29,495th, with a median age of 3.
Among people named Anaya living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.

peak 2010s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 87 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Argentina

last on record 2023

Anaya is not on the 2024 record for Argentina, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Montevideo City

last on record 2002

Anaya is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Puerto Rico

last on record 2024

Anaya is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 125 babies have carried the name there since 1998.

1998peak 2023

share of that year’s births on record

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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Not on the record in Mexico City: that registry withholds small counts, so rare uses may sit below its floor.

Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Anaya

Most people given the name Anaya in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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Where Anaya travels

Indian American · caring, compassionate (fast-rising 2020s pick)

Urdu and Pakistani · from Arabic inayah, care and protection; a 2010s favorite in Pakistan that happens to match a name already rising in Black and Latino American communities, so a Pakistani-American Anaya shares her name, spelled identically, with classmates of several heritages

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