Anas — #1378 US boys' name
2,753 babies named Anas in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 90% of names given to boys today.
39% of everyone ever named Anas was born in this single decade.
151 babies were named Anas in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anas
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,753 babies named Anas between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Anas currently holds the #1378 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 151 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anas performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,066 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Anas shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 387 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Anas in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anas in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,753 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Anas at a glance
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Current rank
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Anas popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1978
- Peak year (2016)
- 151
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
Currently ranks #1378 among boys.
2,753 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 151 births in a single year.
Anas by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,066 births that decade — 39% of Anas's all-time total
Anas decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,066 births
- Runner-up 657 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Anas's strongest decade
1,066 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Anas by state
Where Anas concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 387 | 14.1% |
| #2 | Minnesota | | 227 | 8.2% |
| #3 | California | | 137 | 5.0% |
| #4 | Texas | | 101 | 3.7% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 93 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 90 | 3.3% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 79 | 2.9% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 69 | 2.5% |
387 of 2,753 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 14.1% of nationwide
- Minnesota 8.2% of nationwide
- California 5.0% of nationwide
- Texas 3.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 20 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 14.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Anas appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1978–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.