Anays was the #2,605 girls' name in England & Wales in 2025 (10 babies).
Anays as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Scotland
Ireland
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
Scotland
Ireland
2025
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#2,605 (10)
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2024
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#2,575 (10)
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2023
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#1,135 (29)
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2022
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#1,245 (26)
#625 (4)
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2021
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#1,007 (34)
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2020
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#1,313 (24)
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2019
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#1,189 (28)
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#871 (3)
2018
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#1,272 (26)
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2017
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#1,733 (17)
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2016
#16,215 (5)
#2,008 (14)
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2015
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#2,496 (10)
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2008
#17,504 (5)
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2007
#15,491 (6)
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2006
#11,417 (9)
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2005
#14,502 (6)
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The tide so far
Peaked in England & Wales in 2021 at #1,007.
Falling over the last five years.
First recorded in England & Wales in 2015.
How common is it?
about 1 in 26,000 baby girls in the published England & Wales 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.
Next year
On its recent trend, Anays is likely to keep falling in England & Wales in 2026: about 1 in 36,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 19,000 to 1 in 67,000.