Anya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Anya: Recorded since 1969, with a gap of 13 years, it reached #123 in 2005, and it stood at #443 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
68times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#123highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Anya's record

Absent from every published list for 13 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#304
1997	#298
1998	#263
1999	#203
2000	#166
2001	#133
2002	#129
2003	#130
2004	#126
2005	#123
2006	#142
2007	#139
2008	#134
2009	#147
2010	#132
2011	#139
2012	#163
2013	#154
2014	#166
2015	#172
2016	#219
2017	#223
2018	#226
2019	#269
2020	#283
2021	#278
2022	#279
2023	#329
2024	#315

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 25 of the 57 years from 1969 to 2025.

In 2024: #315 among girls in England and Wales, #384 among girls in Scotland, #631 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1969–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #393 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #123 among girls in England and Wales, in 2005 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #443 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Anya appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 8,105 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1969.

Anya 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.

Anya'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#393 (1969)	#316 (2023)	#443 (2025)	25 of 57	135 (1969–2025)	12 (2023)
England and Wales · Girls	#304 (1996)	#123 (2005)	#315 (2024)	29 of 29	8,105 (1996–2024)	437 (2005)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#267 (2001)	#267 (2001)	#391 (2023)	13 of 23	52 (2001–2023)	6 (2013)

Anya 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 Anya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	596	4 of 10	149
2000sbusiest	3,726	10 of 10	373
2010s	3,013	10 of 10	301
2020s	770	5 of 10	154

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 373 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2011 and 2012, when recorded births fell by 89, from 408 to 319.

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

Anya 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 1969 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #123 in England and Wales in 2005.

Anya'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	#315	137	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#329	134	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#279	164	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#278	171	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#283	164	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#269	179	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#226	224	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#223	232	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#219	239	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#172	316	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#166	331	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#154	332	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#163	319	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#139	408	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#132	433	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#147	370	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#134	399	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#139	387	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#142	392	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#123	437	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#126	397	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#130	380	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#129	366	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#133	337	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#166	261	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#203	210	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#263	147	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#298	122	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#304	117	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#333	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#314	5	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#284	6	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#430	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#309	5	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#294	5	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#377	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#339	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#267	5	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	8	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#631	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	12	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#495	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#551	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#474	8	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#651	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#532	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#663	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#511	5	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#451	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#384	8	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 1969 and 2025, ranked in 34 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #123, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 437 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 13 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 55 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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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.

Saskia · #125, 29y
Arian · #127, 35y
Jensen · #127, 30y
Maddie · #127, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Artur · #123, 64y
Liliana · #123, 47y
Malachy · #123, 59y
Augustine · #124, 53y

Anya was ranked #123 in England and Wales · Girls in 2005. 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.

Anya 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 Anya without appearing here.

Anya moved ahead of

Audrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #764 and #661 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #316 and #856.
Susan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #764 and #661 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2023 that had become #316 and #856.
Cassandra Compare
In 2024 they stood at #631 and #441 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #443 and #885.
Christine Compare
In 2024 they stood at #631 and #504 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #443 and #885.

Moved ahead of Anya

Hayley Compare
In 2009 they stood at #309 and #364 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #430 and #160.
Summer Compare
In 2004 they stood at #267 and #343 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2005 that had become #377 and #148.
Rosie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #451 and #516 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2002 that had become #512 and #312.
Matilda Compare
In 2007 they stood at #294 and #384 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #370 and #185.

Moved the opposite way to Anya

Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anya went from #203 to #315 while Frida went from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anya went from #203 to #315 while Meabh went from #3225 to #952.
Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anya went from #133 to #315 while Harper went from #3262 to #22.
Amelia Compare
Between 2001 and 2023 in Northern Ireland · Girls, Anya went from #267 to #391 while Amelia went from #206 to #9.

Moved the same way as Anya

Camilla Compare
Between 1969 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Anya went from #393 to #631 and Camilla from #288 to #556.
Donna Compare
Between 1969 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Anya went from #393 to #631 and Donna from #145 to #736.
Katrina Compare
Between 1969 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Anya went from #393 to #631 and Katrina from #288 to #898.
Kim Compare
Between 1969 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Anya went from #393 to #631 and Kim from #231 to #736.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
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.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1969 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #123 in England and Wales in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Anya

Anya at a glance

What stands out in Anya's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Anya across 3 official records

Anya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Anya appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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What stands out in Anya's record

Anya across 3 official records

Anya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Anya appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Anya

Anya and the names beside it

Anya moved ahead of

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