Ananya
Ananya is the common English spelling of two Indian given names: the masculine अनन्य ananya and the feminine अनन्या ananyā. The meaning of name Ananya is "unique".
Meaning & Origin of Ananya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ananya is the common English spelling of two Indian given names: the masculine अनन्य ananya and the feminine अनन्या ananyā. The meaning of name Ananya is "unique".
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The Story of Ananya
Ananya first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1995, with 10 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2008, when 214 Ananyas were born — ranking #1,188 that year. As of 2026, Ananya ranks #2,902 for baby girls with 57 births, falling sharply (-47%). In total, more than 4K Ananyas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Ananya
Ananya is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1995 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Ananya's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #1,167. Use the chart and map above to compare Ananya's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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