girls:
768 births since 1984
#4948 (13th percentile)
boys:
1.2k births since 2001
#3415 (25th percentile)
overall:
2k births since 1984
#5809 (25th percentile)
The name Anay is the #5,809 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,960 recorded births since 1984. This represents the 24.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 24.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,415 (25.5% percentile) for all time with 1,192 births since 2001. For girls, it ranks #4,948 (13.4% percentile) for all time with 768 births since 1984.
Anay first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1984 (1984 for girls and 2001 for boys). Birth data for Anay is available in 37 out of the 40 years between 1984 and 2023 (30 years for girls and 23 years for boys). 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.
The name Anay has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (60.8% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Anay were boys. Interestingly, until around 2010, the name was more popular for girls (74.6% girls from 1984 to 2009), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (92.7% boys from 2010 to 2023).
For boys, Anay reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 10.6% percentile (ranked #817) with 52 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 52 births per million (ranked 10.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Anay ranks #894 for boys (1.9% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 23.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Anay reached its peak popularity in 2001, achieving the 5.6% percentile (ranked #848) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 2001, with 28 births per million (ranked 5.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2017.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Anay".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Anay. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.5% confident that Anay is pronounced as uh-NAY, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-nay, at 14.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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