Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Anas

#2,490 most common boys' name of all time · #6,006 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1978–2025

Rank among boys
#2,490
Rank overall
#6,006 of 105,966
First appeared
1978
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
2,906
Since 2016
1,323
Peak year
2016 #1,240
Best rank
#1,240 2016
Girls Boys peak 151/yr
198020002020

Anas first appears in 1978. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 151 151 #1,291
2024 — 136 136 #1,385
2023 — 140 140 #1,352
2022 — 128 128 #1,431
2021 — 123 123 #1,464
2020 — 130 130 #1,364
2019 — 109 109 #1,544
2018 — 122 122 #1,438
2017 — 133 133 #1,346
2016 — 151 151 #1,240
2015 — 100 100 #1,607
2014 — 111 111 #1,471
2013 — 84 84 #1,747
2012 — 70 70 #2,010
2011 — 92 92 #1,653
2010 — 94 94 #1,662
2009 — 75 75 #1,919
2008 — 73 73 #1,964
2007 — 75 75 #1,901
2006 — 53 53 #2,363
2005 — 74 74 #1,783
2004 — 53 53 #2,203
2003 — 60 60 #1,955
2002 — 59 59 #1,907
2001 — 46 46 #2,236
2000 — 58 58 #1,845
1999 — 43 43 #2,194
1998 — 33 33 #2,589
1997 — 30 30 #2,663
1996 — 30 30 #2,573
1995 — 30 30 #2,543
1994 — 30 30 #2,545
1993 — 29 29 #2,570
1992 — 16 16 #3,887
1991 — 10 10 #5,374
1990 — 18 18 #3,443
1989 — 21 21 #2,982
1988 — 18 18 #3,066
1987 — 13 13 #3,696
1986 — 15 15 #3,254
1985 — 13 13 #3,582
1984 — 9 9 #4,506
1983 — 15 15 #3,062
1982 — 15 15 #3,094
1981 — 5 5 #6,985
1979 — 5 5 #6,864
1978 — 8 8 #4,541