Aniyah
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 Aniyah
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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 Aniyah
Aniyah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1991, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2009, when 1,825 Aniyahs were born — ranking #180 that year. As of 2026, Aniyah ranks #491 for baby girls with 620 births, falling sharply (-33%). In total, more than 32K Aniyahs 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 Aniyah
Aniyah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1991 and has accumulated 32K births in the dataset. Aniyah's peak popularity came in 2009 when it ranked #177. Use the chart and map above to compare Aniyah'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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