Anay
Last seen for girls in 2017 at #14,124 · #2,641 for boys in 2025, 49 births
Given to boys 62.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2017 · 102 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,287since 2001
Anay over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,641 | 49 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,789 | 46 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,610 | 22 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,717 | 48 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,074 | 39 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,347 | 57 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,292 | 60 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,920 | 77 | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #1,582 | 102 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | #1,763 | 87 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #1,870 | 78 |
| 2014 | — | #1,873 | 78 | |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | #1,709 | 86 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #1,909 | 75 |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 | #1,719 | 86 |
| 2010 | #5,771 | 23 | #2,169 | 61 |
| 2009 | #4,805 | 30 | #2,401 | 53 |
| 2008 | #4,006 | 39 | #3,286 | 34 |
| 2007 | #3,376 | 49 | #3,188 | 35 |
| 2006 | #3,505 | 45 | #3,153 | 34 |
| 2005 | #3,366 | 45 | #4,464 | 19 |
| 2004 | #3,989 | 35 | #4,421 | 19 |
| 2003 | #3,131 | 47 | #4,815 | 16 |
| 2002 | #2,780 | 54 | #4,502 | 17 |
| 2001 | #2,700 | 55 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #2,854 | 50 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,048 | 43 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,426 | 35 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,453 | 23 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Anay! It came in at #6,935, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2001, when fewer than 10 boys a year got the name.
Where Anay is popular in 2006
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#963 · 1 in 9,411
- California#1,955 · 1 in 37,187
Best ever in a state: #367 in New Jersey, 2018.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #963 | 5 | 1 in 9,411 |
| California | #1,955 | 7 | 1 in 37,187 |
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See more about Anay
- 148 spots since 2024 (#2,789 → #2,641)
- 294 spots since 2020 (#2,347 → #2,641)
- 771 spots since 2015 (#1,870 → #2,641)
- Debuted 2001
- Peaked 2017 at #1,582 (102 births)
- Births halved by 2021, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 18,147 boys born in 2017 were named Anay (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 34,859 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 61.4% of all boys named Anay (790) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2008, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 236 | #2,401 (2009) | #4,129 |
| 2010s | 790 | #1,582 (2017) | #1,881 |
| 2020s | 261 | #2,347 (2020) | #3,030 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Anay in 2006
Top girls' names in 2006
Top boys' names in 2006
More about 2006
girls
1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 42,249 of them was named Anay, which outranked 82.5% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,469Teryn46
- #3,469Torrie46
- #3,469Vaishnavi46
- #3,505Anay45
- #3,505Aaliah45
- #3,505Alya45
- #3,505Ameena45
- #3,564Aaliya44
- #3,564Ahuva44
- #3,564Alysse44
Tied with 58 names at #3,505; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
- ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
- ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
- ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
- ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 60,449 of them was named Anay, which outranked 77.6% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,083Tresean35
- #3,083Trevyn35
- #3,083Truett35
- #3,153Anay34
- #3,153Adison34
- #3,153Ahren34
- #3,153Alexandru34
- #3,227Andrue33
- #3,227Antone33
- #3,227Arnez33
Tied with 73 names at #3,153; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.