girls:
70 births since 1887
#5646 (1st percentile)
boys:
335 births since 1982
#4251 (7th percentile)
overall:
405 births since 1887
#7334 (5th percentile)
The name Anis is the #7,334 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 405 recorded births since 1887. This represents the 5.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,251 (7.2% percentile) for all time with 335 births since 1982. For girls, it ranks #5,646 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 70 births since 1887.
Anis first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1887 (1887 for girls and 1982 for boys). Birth data for Anis is available in 42 out of the 137 years between 1887 and 2023 (33 years for boys and 11 years for girls). 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 Anis has been given predominantly to boys, with 82.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Anis were boys. Interestingly, until around 1982, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1887 to 1981), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (94.6% boys from 1982 to 2023).
For boys, Anis reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 1.5% percentile (ranked #893) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Anis ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 43.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Anis reached its peak popularity in 1925, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #607) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1887, with 32 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2005.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Anis".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Anis. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 43.1% confident that Anis is pronounced as uh-NEES, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-nihs, at 23.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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