Anis*
#7,981 most common boys' name of all time · #20,097 across all names · 84% male / 16% female · used 1887–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#7,981
Rank overall
#20,097 of 105,966
First appeared
1887
Years on the list
44 of 146
All-time
426
Since 2016
105
Peak year
2005 #5,897
Best rank
#4,916 2008
Girls
Boys
peak 21/yr
Anis first appears in 1887. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,939 |
| 2024 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,491 |
| 2023 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,786 |
| 2022 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,798 |
| 2021 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,753 |
| 2020 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,055 |
| 2019 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,926 |
| 2018 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2017 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,545 |
| 2016 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,375 |
| 2015 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,520 |
| 2014 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,652 |
| 2013 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,943 |
| 2012 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,580 |
| 2011 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,595 |
| 2010 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,492 |
| 2009 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,037 |
| 2008 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,916 |
| 2007 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,446 |
| 2006 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,484 |
| 2005 | 8 | 13 | 21 | #5,897 |
| 2004 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,006 |
| 2003 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,274 |
| 2002 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,147 |
| 2001 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,970 |
| 2000 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,344 |
| 1998 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #5,184 |
| 1995 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1994 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,857 |
| 1992 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,708 |
| 1990 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,414 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,148 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,812 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,600 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,381 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,459 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1934 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1930 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1929 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1925 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1922 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1917 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1887 | 5 | — | 5 | — |