Anya

“Variant of Anna — Grace; favor” — Hebrew via Latin origin

Girl's name · #375 in the US (2025) · Trending

Anya is climbing: on the charts since 1943, it is ranked #375 in 2025, with about 820 girls given the name last year. Roughly 21,000 have carried it all-time. Together with its spelling variants Annya (#1125), Aanya (#1666), and Ania (#2544), Anya would rank around #251 with about 1,200 births last year — the newborns split about 67/17/10/6 across Anya, Annya, Aanya, and Ania.

Around the world: about 1 in 660 girls in New Zealand (2025) · about 1 in 1,200 girls in France (2025) · about 1 in 1,300 girls in Canada (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 35 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Anyas

Anya Taylor-Joy — actress (born 1996)
Anya Chalotra — British actress
Anya Singh — Indian actress
Anya Marina — American musician
Anya Seton — American author of historical fiction (1904-1990)

In stories & tradition

Anya Forger — Spy × Family · Spy x Family Code: White
Anya Jenkins — Buffyverse
Anya Corazón — Earth-616

What Anyas become

Among 134 notable people named Anya:

Entertainers appear 2.17× more often than among typical names — e.g. Anya Taylor-Joy, actress (born 1996).

Similar names: Aniya · Macie · Andi · Maia · Juliet · Chaya

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