boys:
852 births since 1883
#3735 (19th percentile)
overall:
852 births since 1883
#6887 (11th percentile)
The name Ananias is the #6,887 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 852 recorded births since 1883. This represents the 11.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,735 (18.5% percentile) for all time with 852 births since 1883.
Ananias first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1883 (first recorded for boys in 1883). Birth data for Ananias is available in 78 out of the 141 years between 1883 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Ananias reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #875) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 1883, with 44 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Despite a peak around 2010, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Ananias ranks #875 for boys (4.0% percentile) with 22 births per million, which is 50.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ananias".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ananias. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 55.9% confident that Ananias is pronounced as a-nuh-NAI-uhs, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-nuh-NAI-uhs, at 26.5% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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