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Anais

Anais holds the #892 spot on the 2025 list of the most popular girl names in the U.S. That amounts to 299 newborn girls in a single year. The ranking has held remarkably steady over the last five years. Its strongest year on record was 2021 (#825 nationally, 337 newborns), in a data series reaching back to 1972. The name's biggest fan base is in Arizona (#446 there in 2025).

Rankings

2025 rank
#892
among girl names
Trend
Stable
last 5 years
All-time peak
#825
in 2021 (2020s)
Babies in 2025
299
girls named Anais

Anais popularity, 1880–2025

0.006%0.011%0.017%0.022%18801900192019401960198020002020#825 in 2021
Girls — share of U.S. female birthsSource: SSA, 1880–2025◆ peak 2021

Where Anais is most popular

Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025AK—Maine: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025ME—Vermont: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025VT—New Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025NH—Washington: #811 (7 girls, 0.02% of girls born 2025)WA#811Idaho: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025ID—Montana: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025MT—North Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025ND—Minnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025MN—Wisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025WI—Michigan: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025MI—New York: #585 (28 girls, 0.04% of girls born 2025)NY#585Massachusetts: #682 (7 girls, 0.03% of girls born 2025)MA#682Rhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025RI—Oregon: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025OR—Nevada: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025NV—Wyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025WY—South Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025SD—Iowa: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025IA—Illinois: #797 (11 girls, 0.02% of girls born 2025)IL#797Indiana: #1032 (5 girls, 0.02% of girls born 2025)IN#1032Ohio: #878 (10 girls, 0.02% of girls born 2025)OH#878Pennsylvania: #1231 (6 girls, 0.01% of girls born 2025)PA#1231New Jersey: #846 (8 girls, 0.02% of girls born 2025)NJ#846Connecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025CT—California: #675 (46 girls, 0.03% of girls born 2025)CA#675Utah: #539 (7 girls, 0.04% of girls born 2025)UT#539Colorado: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025CO—Nebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025NE—Missouri: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025MO—Kentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025KY—West Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025WV—Virginia: #758 (9 girls, 0.03% of girls born 2025)VA#758Maryland: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025MD—Delaware: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025DE—Arizona: #446 (15 girls, 0.05% of girls born 2025)AZ#446New Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025NM—Kansas: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025KS—Arkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025AR—Tennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025TN—North Carolina: #1138 (7 girls, 0.02% of girls born 2025)NC#1138South Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025SC—District of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025DC—Oklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025OK—Louisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025LA—Mississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025MS—Alabama: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025AL—Georgia: #1075 (8 girls, 0.02% of girls born 2025)GA#1075Hawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Anais in 2025HI—Texas: #684 (44 girls, 0.03% of girls born 2025)TX#684Florida: #674 (25 girls, 0.03% of girls born 2025)FL#674
Share of girls born in 2025:lowhighno data (< 5 births)
Strongest states: Arizona (#446), Utah (#539), New York (#585)

Uniqueness score

49/ 100Balanced
everywhereone of a kind

Well known, but far from crowded — the middle of the field. Based on how many babies per birth were named Anais in the most recent year of SSA data.

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