Anais
Anais is ranked 854th among girls in 2024 (315 births). Its best rank was 824th, in 2021.
- Rank in 2024
- #854down 5 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3150.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 2021337 births
- Best rank
- #824in 2021
- Since 1972
- 8,911people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,911 girls have been named Anais in the United States since 1972, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 337 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2010s alone account for 26%. It has spent 14 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2021, its biggest year
Anais was the 824th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2021 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Ava. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Anais
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sanapeak 2022
- Basyapeak 2024
- Kaelypeak 2023
- Elishevapeak 2020
- Taliapeak 2023
- Faizapeak 2017
- Brachapeak 2022
- Greciapeak 2006
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.