Girls' name · since 1943
Anya
20,561 babies named Anya in U.S. Social Security records since 1943, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,049 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #375 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 20,561
- born since 1943
- 2000s
- peak decade
20,561 babies have been named Anya since 1943, making it today's #375 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Anya recorded 20,561 times among girls since 1943, holding rank #375 nationally today, ahead of 98% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1943 to 2025.
- #1,049 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #375 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 20,561 born since 1943
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anya ranks #1,049 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #375 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 20,561 born since 1943, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,049 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #375 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 20,561
- born since 1943
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anya's 20,561 recorded births place it above 98.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
47 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Anya compares
20,561 Top 6% higher than 94% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Anya's all-time total is 55x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 20,561 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 895 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Anya's full recorded timeline at 1990, 90% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 10% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1943, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 895 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Anya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 895
- Annual births at peak, across 83 years of records
Anya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (6,877 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Anya's strongest decade.
6,877 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Anya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1950s 34
1950s
34 births
- 1960s 232
1960s
232 births
- 1970s 522
1970s
522 births
- 1980s 1,328
1980s
1,328 births
- 1990s 1,495
1990s
1,495 births
- 2000s
2000s
6,877 births
- 2010s
2010s
6,089 births
- 2020s
2020s
3,974 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 6,877 births (33% of all-time use).
How Anya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Anya's total volume
Anya by state
Where Anya concentrates geographically, total births since 1943
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,761 | 13.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 1,449 | 7.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 1,362 | 6.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 948 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 906 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 788 | 3.8% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 714 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 675 | 3.3% |
2,761 of 20,561 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 47 reporting states.
Anya appears in 47 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Anya's data
- Anya's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (6,877 total births) through the 2020s (3,974) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Anyas (2,761 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Names with a similar popularity rank to Anya
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Anya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~82 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1943–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Anya draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.