Boys' name · since 2011
Anav
245 babies named Anav in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,784 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,522 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 245
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
245 babies have been named Anav since 2011, making it today's #4522 boys' name.
Anav has 245 recorded births among boys since 2011, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4522 as of the latest data, more common than 68% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2025.
- #11,784 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,522 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 245 born since 2011
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anav ranks #11,784 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,522 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 245 born since 2011, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,784 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,522 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 245
- born since 2011
- 2020s
- peak decade
Anav's 245 recorded births place it above 74.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Anav compares
245 41st 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
Anav's all-time total is 34% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anav | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 245 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 34 | 22,252 |
Anav's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Anav's full recorded timeline at 2019, 72% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 28% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 32 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Anav popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Anav by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (153 births, 62% of the file).
2020s was Anav's strongest decade.
153 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Anav births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
92 births
- 2020s
2020s
153 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 153 births (62% of all-time use).
Anav by state
Where Anav concentrates geographically, total births since 2011
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 33 | 13.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 15 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Washington | | 7 | 2.9% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 5 | 2.0% |
33 of 245 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- California records the most Anavs (33 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Anav: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2011–2025 (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 Anav 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.