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Ananya

#3,105 in 2025Girls' name

Transliteration of অনন

Ananya has been given to 4,015 babies in the U.S. since 1995. In 2025 it ranked #3,105 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2008, with 214 recorded.

Babies named Ananya, 2025

1 in 63,800

Ananya over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
010020030018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ananya: meaning, origin, and history

Transliteration of অনন

Sanskrit

What Ananya means

Ananya is a transliteration of অনন.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Transliteration of Bengali অনন্যা (ônônna), Hindi अनन्या (ananyā), etc.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Ananya (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Ananya is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

Ananya comes through Bengali অনন্যা and Hindi अनन्या.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include অনন.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,010 girls were recorded with the name Ananya between 1995 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 214 in 2008; its best national rank was #1,167 in 2006.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,578 in 2020 to #3,105 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,366 in 2015 to #3,105 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Ananya between 2020 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2020; its best national rank was #12,141 in 2020.

How common is Ananya?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 63,800
52 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 30,900
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#3,105
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
44,191 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ananya sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 44,191 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ananya. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ananyas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ananya was born before 2011 — so the typical Ananya is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
41.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
94.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,010
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 41.9% of all recorded uses (1,679).

Is Ananya rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−797
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,527
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,739
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.30×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
24.3%
Peak was 2008 (214)
Years since peak
17
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
10.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,167
2006

Spellings of Ananya

Ananya is not the most common spelling — Anna is, with 41.9% against Ananya's 0.18%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Ananya is used

Across 2016–2025, Ananya was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in 3,846 girls, against 1 in 12,859 across all states with data. It was least common in Florida (1 in 100,000).

126 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Jersey1 in 3,846
  2. 2Washington1 in 5,882
  3. 3California1 in 7,692
  4. 4Massachusetts1 in 10,000
  5. 5Illinois1 in 11,111
  6. 6Virginia1 in 11,111
  7. 7Texas1 in 12,500
  8. 8Georgia1 in 20,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Ananya around the world

Where Ananya ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1997–2025
    #1,454
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2010–2017
    #808
    in 2017
  • Ireland
    2010–2022
    #905
    in 2022
  • France
    2008–2024
    #3,241
    in 2024
  • Canada
    2002–2024
    #1,615
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2007–2011
    #514
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Ananya

People whose public names include Ananya, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Ananya by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,105
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,527
Best rank ever
#1,167
2006
Peak year
2008
214 that year
First recorded
1995
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,010
Count in 2025
52

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#12,141
2020
Peak year
2020
5 that year
First recorded
2020
Last recorded
2020
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Ananya

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Ananya

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Ananya, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

GracynAiyannaMakiyahIzabelleIzabelAmyahYarelyJamiyahAditiSamiyaGwenythAmiah

Sibling names for Ananya

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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