Girls' name · since 1986
Anays
Anays has 91 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,131 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 91
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anays is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 91 have been recorded since 1986.
Social Security Administration records show Anays recorded 91 times among girls since 1986, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2016.
- #28,131 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 91 born since 1986
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anays ranks #28,131 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 91 born since 1986, peaking in the 2000s.
- #28,131 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 91
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anays's 91 recorded births place it above 60.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Anays's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Anays's full recorded timeline at 2002, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Anays popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2016
- Peak year (2006)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Anays by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (50 births, 55% of the file).
2000s was Anays's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Anays births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
25 births
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 50 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Anays's decade-level peak was the 2000s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Anays: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~30 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, 1986–2016 (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 Anays 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.