Anaya

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Anaya: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Anaya: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #110, and it stood at #226 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
43times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#110highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1998	#3142
1999	#2770
2000	#1313
2001	#1617
2002	#1032
2003	#876
2004	#883
2005	#596
2006	#564
2007	#527
2008	#404
2009	#370
2010	#305
2011	#252
2012	#179
2013	#155
2014	#132
2015	#127
2016	#118
2017	#130
2018	#147
2019	#147
2020	#130
2021	#131
2022	#122
2023	#117
2024	#110

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #110 among girls in England and Wales, #275 among girls in Scotland, #320 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #110 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #226 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Anaya appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 6,019 births with the name.

Anaya across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Anaya's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#110 (2024)	#110 (2024)	28 of 29	6,019 (1996–2024)	484 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#907 (2012)	#226 (2025)	#226 (2025)	12 of 14	119 (2012–2025)	19 (2025)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#440 (2016)	#350 (2021)	#350 (2021)	2 of 6	7 (2016–2021)	4 (2021)

Anaya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Anaya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	13	3 of 10	4
2000s	514	10 of 10	51
2010s	3,441	10 of 10	344
2020sbusiest	2,051	5 of 10	410

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 410 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2011 and 2012, when recorded births rose by 89, from 195 to 284.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Anaya appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #110 in England and Wales in 2024.

Anaya's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#110	431	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#117	419	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#122	421	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#131	396	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#130	384	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#147	344	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#147	356	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#130	429	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#118	484	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#127	452	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#132	412	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#155	330	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#179	284	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#252	195	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#305	155	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#370	116	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#404	107	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#527	70	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#564	62	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#596	54	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#883	30	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#876	29	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1032	21	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1617	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1313	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#350	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#226	19	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#320	12	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#296	13	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#338	12	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#517	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#421	9	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#319	14	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	8	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#419	10	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#275	13	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #110, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 484 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2012, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Anays · #871, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Rio · #110, 30y
Kenzie · #111, 30y
Wiktoria · #109, 32y
Edie · #108, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Rio · #110, 30y
Kenzie · #111, 30y
Vilje · #109, 24y
Wiktoria · #109, 32y

Anaya was ranked #110 in England and Wales · Girls in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Anaya and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Anaya without appearing here.

Anaya moved ahead of

Francis Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3126 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #596 and #3970.
Gail Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2770 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1313 and #3912.
Karin Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2770 and #1557 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1313 and #3912.
Linnea Compare
In 1999 they stood at #3126 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1313 and #3912.

Moved ahead of Anaya

Éala Compare
In 2018 they stood at #319 and #411 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #421 and #180.
Harper Compare
In 2013 they stood at #155 and #160 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #132 and #89.

Moved the opposite way to Anaya

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anaya went from #3126 to #110 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anaya went from #3126 to #110 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anaya went from #3126 to #110 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anaya went from #3126 to #110 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Anaya

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anaya went from #3126 to #110 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anaya went from #3126 to #110 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anaya went from #3126 to #110 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anaya went from #3126 to #110 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #110 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Anaya

Anaya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Anaya across 3 official records

Anaya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Anaya across 3 official records

Anaya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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