Anis
- Last seen for girls in 2005 at #11,834
- #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Given to boys 83.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2008 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 356since 1982
Anis over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,910 | 8 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,469 | 13 | |
| 2023 | — | #9,763 | 7 | |
| 2022 | — | #7,768 | 10 | |
| 2021 | — | #9,714 | 7 | |
| 2020 | — | #7,034 | 11 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,889 | 8 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,703 | 12 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,526 | 16 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,349 | 13 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,491 | 10 | |
| 2014 | — | #6,632 | 12 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,923 | 14 | |
| 2012 | — | #7,559 | 10 | |
| 2011 | — | #6,578 | 12 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,478 | 16 | |
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,901 | 19 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,434 | 16 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,460 | 12 | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | #5,875 | 13 |
| 2004 | — | #6,976 | 10 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,245 | 9 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,131 | 14 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,316 | 10 | |
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| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #5,159 | 12 |
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| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | — | |
| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
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| 1992 | — | #6,670 | 7 | |
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| 1990 | — | #5,382 | 9 | |
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| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | — | #6,721 | 5 | |
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
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| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
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| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | — | |
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| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | — | |
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| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | — | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | — | |
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| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 | — | |
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| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | — | |
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| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1982
The first year at least five boys were named Anis! It came in at #6,385, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1982–1986, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Anis is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Anis in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Anis
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 2,441 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #8,910)
- 1,876 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #8,910)
- 1,419 spots since 2015 (#7,491 → #8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
26 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1982
- Peaked 2008 at #4,901 (19 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 107,376
- Highest: 1 in 107,376 boys born in 2008 were named Anis (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 34.6% of all boys named Anis (123) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1998
- Mostly girls until 1997, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 26 | #6,089 (1987) | #6,407 |
| 1990s | 33 | #5,159 (1998) | #6,503 |
| 2000s | 118 | #4,901 (2008) | #6,627 |
| 2010s | 123 | #5,478 (2010) | #6,713 |
| 2020s | 56 | #6,469 (2024) | #8,276 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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