How rare is the name Ananya?

4,634 people in the United States have the first name Ananya, about 1 in 65,177. It ranks #4,142 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ANANYA

#4,142

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,634
About
1 in 65,177
This common or more
83.6%
Who bears it

Of the 4,634 people named Ananya, 92.7% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.2% as White and 1.8% as two or more races. 97.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ananya peaked in 2008, when 214 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19952025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
214
In 2025*
52 ▼76%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,015 babies have been given the name since 1995. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ananya by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,342. The largest share of babies named Ananya, 57.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1990s#10,316141
2000s#2,3421,652
2010s#2,4721,679
2020s#3,798543
Millennials 1981–960.5%
Generation Z 1997–1257.7%
2013 and later41.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ananya is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ananya has been most common in New Jersey (4.4×), Washington (2.7×), and California (2.7×), and least common in Florida (0.53×).

3,000 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Ananya

1 other first name also has 4,634 people.

#4,142 Charlize · 4,634

Either side of Ananya

#4,138 Rihanna · 4,637#4,141 Berkley · 4,635#4,142 Charlize · 4,634#4,144 Crew · 4,633

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ananya, most common first.

#40,051 Anania · 187

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