How rare is the name Ania?

3,952 people in the United States have the first name Ania, about 1 in 76,425. It ranks #4,635 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ANIA

#4,635

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,952
About
1 in 76,425
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 3,952 people named Ania, 33.1% reported their origin as Black, 30.1% as White and 29.2% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ania peaked in 2006, when 181 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19682025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
181
In 2025*
69 ▼62%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,315 babies have been given the name since 1968. 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.

Ania by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,596. The largest share of babies named Ania, 58.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#16,2136
1970s#12,02849
1980s#9,115116
1990s#4,523458
2000s#2,5961,425
2010s#3,970845
2020s#4,498416
Generation X 1965–802.1%
Millennials 1981–969.7%
Generation Z 1997–1258.7%
2013 and later29.5%

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 Ania is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ania has been most common in Illinois (2.2×), Florida (2.1×), and Texas (2×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.51×).

1,615 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 Ania

1 other first name also has 3,952 people.

#4,635 Bernabe · 3,952

Either side of Ania

#4,633 Lulu · 3,955#4,634 Rosina · 3,953#4,635 Bernabe · 3,952#4,637 Colter · 3,951

Spelled almost the same

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

#82 Anna · 512,954#161 Ana · 321,854#1,747 Anya · 17,277#2,069 Aniya · 13,135#3,690 Ani · 5,505#6,587 Aniah · 2,418#11,655 Annia · 1,092#15,054 Anyia · 771

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