Unisex name · since 1983
Anan
Since 1983, U.S. Social Security records show 89 babies named Anan, peaking in 2013. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,133 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,481 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 89
- born since 1983
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Anan is the #12481 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 89 recorded since 1983.
Anan has 89 recorded births among boys since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12481 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2025.
- #18,133 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,481 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 89 born since 1983
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anan ranks #18,133 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,481 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 89 born since 1983, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,133 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,481 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 89
- born since 1983
- 2010s
- peak decade
Anan's 89 recorded births place it above 59.98% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Anan compares
89 24th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Anan's all-time total is 76% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anan | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 89 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Anan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Anan's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1985, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2013 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Anan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Anan popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2008 (Anan as girls' name)
Anan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (34 births, 38% of the file).
2010s was Anan's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Anan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
34 births
- 2020s
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 34 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Anan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (34 total births) through the 2020s (16) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Anan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~42 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1983–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Anan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.