Anniyah

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Anniyah: Recorded since 2005, it reached #731 in 2012, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#731highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2005–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#4798
2006	#5061
2007	#2085
2008	#1447
2009	#1365
2010	#988
2011	#937
2012	#731
2013	#1018
2014	#1272
2015	#1452
2016	#2547
2017	#2201
2018	#2499
2019	#2170
2020	#5493
2021	#4634
2022	#3970
2024	#4843

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

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 19 of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2005–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #4798 among girls in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2005–2024
Highest recorded position: #731 among girls in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 2005–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Anniyah 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 Anniyah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	57	5 of 10	11
2010sbusiest	254	10 of 10	25
2020s	16	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 25 births a year.

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

Anniyah appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #731 in England and Wales in 2012.

Anniyah'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	#4843	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2170	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1452	22	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1272	26	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1018	35	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#731	55	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#937	38	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#988	34	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1365	21	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1447	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2005 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #731, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 55 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

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

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
18 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
55births registered in its largest year, 201250 to 99 births →

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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Anniken · #82, 72y
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Annmarie · #298, 45y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Obie · #731, 21y
Ariyan · #729, 22y
Ayaana · #729, 20y
Chace · #734, 24y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Obie · #731, 21y
Christiano · #730, 15y
Delvin · #730, 13y
Efraim · #730, 16y

Anniyah was ranked #731 in England and Wales · Girls in 2012. 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.

Anniyah 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 Anniyah without appearing here.

Anniyah moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2499 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2170 and #5591.
Helene Compare
In 2006 they stood at #5061 and #4157 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2085 and #5201.
Jeanette Compare
In 2006 they stood at #4798 and #4798 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2085 and #5201.
Lene Compare
In 2006 they stood at #5061 and #4157 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2085 and #5201.

Moved ahead of Anniyah

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #1939.
Noah Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #2869 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2615.
Arlo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2843.
Malin Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #3899.

Moved the opposite way to Anniyah

Blake Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anniyah went from #2085 to #4843 while Blake went from #5201 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anniyah went from #1447 to #4843 while Ezra went from #3397 to #1302.
Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anniyah went from #988 to #4843 while Rory went from #5707 to #1603.
Finlay Compare
Between 2005 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Anniyah went from #4798 to #2499 while Finlay went from #2438 to #4684.

Moved the same way as Anniyah

Teddy Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anniyah went from #1018 to #4843 and Teddy from #2460 to #5891.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #731 in England and Wales in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Anniyah

Anniyah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Anniyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

What the record shows

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Anniyah at a glance

Anniyah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Anniyah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Anniyah

Anniyah and the names beside it

Anniyah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Anniyah

Moved the opposite way to Anniyah

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