Anais

What Anais means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Anais yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1972, with 5 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Anais?

US: Rising: up from #1038 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #334 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 337 girls got the name (#825 that year). First in the US records in 1972.

How common

• About 1 in 5,375 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,367 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AZ (0.53 per 1,000 girls), UT (0.41 per 1,000 girls), NY (0.36 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Anais is #892 in the US and #658 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 96.5% of US babies named Anais were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Anaise16 US
• Annais11 US
• Inas6 US · 4 E&W
• Anays0 US · 10 E&W
• Anise9 US
• Anaiz7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Anais

Girls

• Maisie#233Diminutive of Margaret, meaning “pearl”^*
• Catalina#111Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #325 in 2015, #111 in 2025
• Iris#61“rainbow”^*
• Amara#98“eternal”^*
• Remi#145Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #502 in 2015, #145 in 2025
• Magnolia#124Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #634 in 2015, #124 in 2025

For a brother

• Baker#217From a surname for “a baker, or owner of a communal oven”^*
• Emilio#154Spanish and Italian, meaning “rival”^*
• Theo#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #405 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Bodie#275Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #958 in 2015, #275 in 2025
• Lorenzo#117Editor’s note Up from #216 in 2015 to #117 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 560 US boys in the 2025 records
• Myles#100Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #223 in 2015, #100 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Anais’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.