Aniya
Aniya is a village and a gram panchayat in Chanditala I community development block of Srirampore subdivision in Hooghly district in West Bengal, India.
Meaning & Origin of Aniya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aniya is a village and a gram panchayat in Chanditala I community development block of Srirampore subdivision in Hooghly district in West Bengal, India.
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The Story of Aniya
Aniya first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1979, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2007, when 1,271 Aniyas were born — ranking #267 that year. As of 2026, Aniya ranks #1,241 for baby girls with 186 births, falling sharply (-38%). In total, more than 18K Aniyas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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About the name Aniya
Aniya is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 18K births in the dataset. Aniya's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #261. Use the chart and map above to compare Aniya'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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