first name
ANYA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 17,277 people named Anya, 50.2% reported their origin as White, 16.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 14.7% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Anya peaked in 2007, when 895 babies got the name.
At least 20,561 babies have been given the name since 1943. 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.
Anya by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #844. The largest share of babies named Anya, 48.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Anya is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Anya has been most common in Washington (2×), Nevada (1.7×), and Arizona (1.7×), and least common in Mississippi (0.2×).
17,827 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 Anya
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Anya, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Anya ranks #71,105 of 156,621, with 296 people. See Anya as a last name
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