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How popular is the name Anya?
Births per year, rank history and how many Anyas are alive today.
Anya (female) is an uncommon girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 291st in 2025 with 155 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2005, when 437 babies were given the name, the 123rd most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 329 in 2023 before climbing back to the 291st place it holds today. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 8,200 babies have been named Anya in England and Wales since 1996.
The Anya you are most likely to meet is around 21 years old. Half of all Anyas born in England and Wales are between 12 and 24, and there are at least 9,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 2.8% chance that at least one of them will be called Anya.
How many babies are named Anya each year?
Where does Anya rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Anya most popular?
Anya peaked in 2005, when 437 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Anya?
At least 9,000 people named Anya born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Anya?
Most living Anyas are between 12 and 24; the most common age is about 21.
Is Anya becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.