Anya

Meaning: Grace; favor
Origin: Russian/Ukrainian (from Hebrew via Latin) — Variant of Anna

Girl's name · #375 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Anya is climbing: on the charts since 1943, it is ranked #375 in 2025, with about 820 girls given the name last year. Roughly 21,000 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 35 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#188 in New Zealand (2025) · #236 in France (2025) · #291 in England & Wales (2025) · #310 in Ecuador (2025) · #327 in Scotland (2025) · #341 in N. Ireland (2025) · #449 in Ireland (2025) · #478 in Sweden (2025) · #495 in Mexico (2024) · #672 in Switzerland (2025) · #742 in Belgium (2025) · #1,055 in Austria (2025) and 1 more.

Famous Anyas

Anya Taylor-Joy — British model (born 1996)
Anya Chalotra — British actress
Anya Singh — Indian actress
Anya Marina — American musician
Anya Seton — American author of historical fiction (1904–1990)

In stories & tradition

Anya Forger — Spy × Family (manga)
Anya Jenkins — Buffyverse
Anya Corazón — Marvel Comics

What Anyas become

Among 134 notable people named Anya:

Entertainers appear 2.17× more often than among typical names — e.g. Anya Taylor-Joy, British model (born 1996).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Annya (#1125), Aanya (#1666), and Ania (#2544), Anya would rank around #251 with about 1,200 births last year — the newborns split about 67/17/10/6 across Anya, Annya, Aanya, and Ania.

Similar names: Aniya · Macie · Andi · Maia · Juliet · Talia

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