Anaiyah is a modern spelling of Anaya and Aniyah, names of uncertain origin that are usually explained through the Hebrew Anaiah, "the Lord has answered", though some link them to a Sanskrit word for "without a superior". The -iyah ending follows the pattern of Aaliyah and Zariyah that American parents embraced in the 2000s. Anaiyah stood at number 5323 in 2000, peaked at number 1944 in 2010 and stands at number 2901 in 2025 with 58 births.