girls:
16.3k births since 1978
#1173 (79th percentile)
overall:
16.3k births since 1978
#2029 (74th percentile)
The name Anaya is the #2,029 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 16,290 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 73.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 73.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,173 (79.5% percentile) for all time with 16,290 births since 1978.
Anaya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 (first recorded for girls in 1978). Birth data for Anaya is available in 42 out of the 46 years between 1978 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Anaya reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 63.7% percentile (ranked #342) with 457 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 457 births per million (ranked 63.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Anaya is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #363 (61.7% percentile) with 448 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Anaya".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Anaya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 58.1% confident that Anaya is pronounced as uh-NAI-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ah-NAH-yuh, at 18.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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