Recorded 1972–2025 · United States
Anais was most popular in 2021, when 353 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,509 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,651, with 310 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 9,331 people named Anais.
Anais first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1972, which makes it about 53 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 51 of the 54 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 9,331 American births named Anais between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 9,226 are estimated to be alive today.
310 American babies were named Anais in 2025, ranking #1,651 that year.
Anais is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 330 births a year, against 214 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +54% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Anais is a girl’s name — 98.7% of the 9,331 Americans given it were girls and 1.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 97% girls and 3% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 9,226 Americans named Anais are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 18 years old, and half are between 8 and 28.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org