How rare is the name Anaya?

11,706 people in the United States have the first name Anaya, about 1 in 25,801. It ranks #2,235 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ANAYA

#2,235

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,706
About
1 in 25,801
This common or more
79.1%
Who bears it

Of the 11,706 people named Anaya, 39.3% reported their origin as Black, 25.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 20% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Anaya peaked in 2025, when 911 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19782025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
911
In 2025*
911
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 17,997 babies have been given the name since 1978. 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.

Anaya by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #798. The largest share of babies named Anaya, 56.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#19,24513
1980s#15,75442
1990s#4,047542
2000s#1,0165,392
2010s#8627,186
2020s#7984,822
Generation X 1965–800.1%
Millennials 1981–961.1%
Generation Z 1997–1242.6%
2013 and later56.2%

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 Anaya is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Anaya has been most common in Arizona (2.4×), Florida (2.4×), and Nevada (2.3×), and least common in Iowa (0.17×).

16,706 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.

Either side of Anaya

#2,233 Zenaida · 11,715#2,234 Kacey · 11,711#2,236 Dahlia · 11,696#2,237 Samira · 11,693

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Anaya, most common first.

#1,747 Anya · 17,277#2,069 Aniya · 13,135#7,261 Anayah · 2,117#7,370 Anay · 2,076#9,105 Anaiya · 1,554#21,754 Anaia · 464#28,312 Annya · 318#29,893 Annaya · 294

Also a last name

As a last name, Anaya ranks #1,474 of 156,621, with 23,605 people. See Anaya as a last name

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