NameTides

Anais

Anais was the #892 girls' name in the US in 2025 (299 babies), and #658 in England & Wales and #708 in Canada.

Anais as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Anais as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaIrelandEngland & WalesUS
Anais as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#892 (299)#658 (58)——#608 (5)#708 (42)
2024#852 (317)#676 (56)——#736 (4)#544 (55)
2023#850 (315)#440 (91)#749 (3)—#856 (3)#457 (64)
2022#840 (333)#355 (121)#531 (5)—#634 (5)#423 (71)
2021#825 (337)#428 (102)—#446 (3)#661 (5)#285 (113)
2020#907 (289)#349 (127)#636 (4)—#834 (3)#262 (114)
2019#859 (312)#439 (96)#650 (4)#424 (3)#621 (5)#197 (147)
2018#850 (319)#356 (131)—#361 (4)#734 (4)#183 (160)
2017#1,091 (232)#389 (116)#570 (5)—#579 (6)#187 (165)
2016#1,125 (225)#356 (134)#502 (6)#353 (4)#515 (7)#125 (234)
2015#1,038 (256)#334 (140)#653 (4)#426 (3)#751 (4)#118 (257)
2014#1,112 (228)#427 (102)#365 (10)——#120 (259)
2013#1,171 (205)#450 (93)#816 (3)—#747 (4)#89 (308)
2012#1,167 (210)#470 (95)———#78 (337)
2011#1,418 (160)#468 (91)#810 (3)—#937 (3)#88 (317)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #825.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1972.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,400 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 5,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Anais is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,400 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,300 to 1 in 5,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Anais by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #811WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #797ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #585NYMassachusetts: #682MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #878OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #846NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #675CAUtah: #539UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #758VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #446AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #684TXFlorida: #674FL
Anais (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#17932

Anais (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AnaisCanadaGirls#70842
AnaisEngland & WalesGirls#65858
AnaisIrelandGirls#6085
AnaisNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AnaisScotlandGirls—too few
AnaisUSGirls#892299
AnaisUSBoys#7,19411