Girl
Anya
As a girl's name, Anya traces back to Russian, where it is understood to mean "Russian variant of Anna". It is having a real moment, more popular in the 2000s than ever before. These days, it is a name that stands out a little. It has shown up in U.S. birth records across 8 of the last twelve decades.
RussianRussian variant of Anna
EtymologyMeaning "grace"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
10
1950s
34
1960s
232
1970s
522
1980s
1,327
1990s
1,495
2000s
6,876
2010s
5,200
Peaked in the 2000s · 15,696 total U.S. births since 1900