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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rare

AnyaIn Hebrew: אניה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Anya (Hebrew: אניה) is a girl's name of international origin. 403 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1983, with 15 babies.

People in Israel
403
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1983
15 babies
USA, 2025
821
rank #375

Writing and saying Anya

In Hebrew letters the name is אניה, read right to left. Anya is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Anya by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Anya: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Anya in English-speaking countries

Anya in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025821#3752007 (895)
United Kingdom2025169#2872005 (475)
England and Wales2025155#2912005 (437)
Scotland202510#3242006 (46)
Northern Ireland20254#3342013 (6)
Ireland20258#4352023 (12)
British Columbia202314#2232008 (19)
Alberta202516#2772007 (21)
Quebec202539#1402025 (39)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Anya has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Anya

How do you write Anya in Hebrew?

Anya is written אניה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Anya?

403 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אניה: 403 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Anya a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named אניה are women.

Is Anya used outside Israel?

The name Anya appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 821 girls were given it in 2025 (#375), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 169 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.