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Anan

#12,134 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Anan has been given to 94 babies in the U.S. since 1983. In 2025 it ranked #12,134 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2013, with 7 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% boys, 5% girls all-time.

Babies named Anan, 2025

1 in 663,000

Anan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Anan over time

In 2025, Anan went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19832025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Anan: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Anan means

Anan has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Anan

One of the source’s documented entries for Anan records a meaning of fourth born child.

One of the source’s documented entries for Anan records a meaning of cloud.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 89 boys were recorded with the name Anan between 1983 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2013; its best national rank was #5,508 in 1983.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Anan between 2008 and 2008. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2008; its best national rank was #17,736 in 2008.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Anan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 663,000
5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 342,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#12,134
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Anan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Anan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Anans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Anan was born before 2013 — so the typical Anan is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
38.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
76.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
89
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Choose a decade

2010s — 38.2% of all recorded uses (34).

Is Anan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
71.4%
Peak was 2013 (7)
Years since peak
12
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Very steady
0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,508
1983

Spellings of Anan

Anan is not the most common spelling — Ryan is, with 20.6% against Anan's <0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Anan around the world

Where Anan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2000–2006
    #4,052
    in 2006
  • South Australia
    2002–2008
    #726
    in 2008

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Anan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#12,134
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#5,508
1983
Peak year
2013
7 that year
First recorded
1983
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
89
Count in 2025
5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#17,736
2008
Peak year
2008
5 that year
First recorded
2008
Last recorded
2008
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Anan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Anan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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