Spellings

Anaya or Anaiah?

In the US in 2025, 51% of babies in this name family were spelled Anaya and 18% Anaiah. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.

Anaya51% of the family911 born in 2025#336 among girls+15% since 2015Anaiah18% of the family318 born in 2025#853 among girls×3 since 2015Anayah16% of the family289 born in 2025#913 among girls+47% since 2015Anaia10% of the family183 born in 2025#1,229 among girls×11 since 2015Anaiyah3% of the family58 born in 2025#2,895 among girls−24% since 2015Anaiya2% of the family44 born in 2025#3,459 among girls−41% since 2015

Ten years ago

Anaya already led in 2015, with 62% of the family's births; it has 51% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 1,280 to 1,803 births (+41%).

Births by spelling, 2015 and 2025
Spelling20152025Change
Anaya789911+15%
Anaiah127318×3
Anayah197289+47%
Anaia16183×11
Anaiyah7658−24%
Anaiya7544−41%

How they sound

All of these spellings are said the same way: /əˈnaɪə/ (uh-NY-uh). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.

In France

In France in 2025: Anaya 290 births (#202 among girls), Anaiah 20 births, Anayah 120 births (#424 among girls) and Anaia 85 births (#529 among girls). The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.

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