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Ananya

Girls' name · Millennial-era · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~4,000 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#3,100 among girls
Births in 2025
52 4,015 since 1880
Typical age
14 years, median

Ananya popularity over time

Ananya rank by birth year, 1995–2025Ananya ranked #8,079 in 1995 and #3,100 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,167, in 2006.#10,000#3,100best #1,167 in 20061995200020052010201520202025
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1995–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2008 is the peak year for Ananya, with 214 births. 1995 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. The 2025 position is #3,100, on 52 births.

The ten-year change is -70%. It slipped 797 places against the previous year.

Babies named Ananya per yearPeaks at 214 births in 2008.214 in 200801995200020052010201520202025
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Ananya?

About 4,000 people named Ananya are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 4,015 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Ananya?

Half of living Ananyas are older than 14, half younger. More of them were born in the 2010s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Ananya a millennial-era name.

Your Ananya

Ages of living people named AnanyaHalf of living Ananyas are older than 14 and half younger.median 14020
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Ananya is most common

New Jersey uses the name 3.8× as often as the country as a whole. Washington, California and Massachusetts follow.

Where Ananya is used more than average5 states use the name Ananya more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: 2.4× the national rateWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: 1.4× the national rateILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 3.8× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.9× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: 1.4× the national rateMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Ananya is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Jersey 95 3.8×
Washington 51 2.4×
California 230 1.9×
Massachusetts 25 1.4×
Illinois 47 1.4×

Ananya in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Ananya ranked #1,454 in 2025 on 24 births. That is 20% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Ananya comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit अनन्या.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Notable people named Ananya

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Ananya Panday Indian actress (1998-present) 1998 44
Ananya Khare Indian actress 1968 18
Ananya Chatterjee Indian actress 1977 14
Ananya Roy Indian academic 1970 9
Ananya Agarwal Indian television child actress 2004 8
Photo credits (4)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Ananya

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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