Aniyah

What Aniyah means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Aniyah yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #246 in 2015 to #485 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Aniyah?

US: Falling: down from #246 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #532 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2009, when 1,825 girls got the name (#181 that year). First in the US records in 1991.

How common

• About 1 in 2,601 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,085 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in ND (1.85 per 1,000 girls), MS (1.24 per 1,000 girls), NM (1.07 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Aniyah is #485 in the US and #630 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Aniyah were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Anaya911 US · 535 E&W
• Anya821 US · 155 E&W
• Anayah289 US · 156 E&W
• Inayah107 US · 161 E&W
• Aniya226 US · 24 E&W
• Annya208 US
• Anaiyah58 US · 24 E&W
• Anaiya44 US · 25 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Aniyah

Girls

• Isabella#7Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Zoe#31Variant of Zoë, meaning “life”^*
• Riley#48“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Reagan#248“descendant of Riagán”^*
• Emma#3“entire”^*
• Reese#192“ardor”^*

For a brother

• Jackson#36Editor’s note Down from #17 in 2015 to #36 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US boys in the 2025 records
• Elijah#7“Yahweh is my god”^*
• Jayden#70Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #20 in 2015, #70 in 2025
• Isaac#47“he laughs, he will laugh”^*
• Luke#33Editor’s note Down from #28 in 2015 to #33 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 250 US boys in the 2025 records
• Caden#201Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #201 vs #745 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Aniyah’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.