Ananya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Ananya: Recorded every year since 1997, it reached #787 in 2015, and it stood at #1,603 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#787highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2738
1998	#3142
1999	#1970
2000	#2167
2001	#2023
2002	#1928
2003	#1472
2004	#1106
2005	#1082
2006	#928
2007	#1102
2008	#937
2009	#850
2010	#840
2011	#789
2012	#1075
2013	#1098
2014	#1094
2015	#787
2016	#1013
2017	#1371
2018	#1711
2019	#1095
2020	#1100
2021	#1402
2022	#1501
2023	#1410
2024	#1603

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 every year from 1997 to 2024.

In 2022: #905 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1501 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2738 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #787 among girls in England and Wales, in 2015 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1603 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ananya appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 28 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 684 births with the name.

Ananya across 2 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.

Ananya'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	#2738 (1997)	#787 (2015)	#1603 (2024)	28 of 28	684 (1997–2024)	49 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#910 (2010)	#871 (2019)	#905 (2022)	3 of 13	9 (2010–2022)	3 (2010)

Ananya 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 Ananya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	17	3 of 10	6
2000s	213	10 of 10	21
2010sbusiest	341	10 of 10	34
2020s	113	5 of 10	23

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 34 births a year.

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

Ananya 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 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #787 in England and Wales in 2015.

Ananya'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	#1603	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1410	22	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1501	20	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1402	22	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1100	30	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1095	31	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1371	24	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1013	35	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#787	49	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1094	32	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1098	32	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1075	32	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#789	47	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#840	42	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#850	40	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#937	34	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1102	26	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#928	31	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1082	23	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1106	21	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1472	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #787, first reached in 2015.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 49 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 13 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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Anas · #196, 42y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Zeynep · #788, 30y
Dre · #785, 29y
Edoardo · #785, 27y
Lian · #785, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Katya · #787, 27y
Malikah · #788, 27y
Merlin · #786, 29y
Vikram · #788, 29y

Ananya was ranked #787 in England and Wales · Girls in 2015. 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.

Ananya 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 Ananya without appearing here.

Ananya moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2167 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2023 and #3998.
Ellinor Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2738 and #2152 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1970 and #3900.
Pauline Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1472 and #1269 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1106 and #2802.
Helene Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2023 and #2023 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1928 and #3409.

Moved ahead of Ananya

Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2023 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1928 and #938.
Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2167 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2023 and #1107.
Mila Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1970 and #2189 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #2167 and #1313.
Harper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #789 and #858 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1075 and #284.

Moved the opposite way to Ananya

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ananya went from #2738 to #1603 while Abigail went from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ananya went from #2738 to #1603 while Aimee went from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ananya went from #2738 to #1603 while Aisling went from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ananya went from #2738 to #1603 while Alex went from #179 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Ananya

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ananya went from #2738 to #1603 and Ada from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ananya went from #2738 to #1603 and Alma from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ananya went from #2738 to #1603 and Alyssa from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Ananya went from #2738 to #1603 and Amalie from #3824 to #1128.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #787 in England and Wales in 2015. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ananya

Ananya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ananya across 2 official records

Ananya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ananya appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Ananya at a glance

Ananya across 2 official records

Ananya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Ananya appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Ananya

Ananya and the names beside it

Ananya moved ahead of

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