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Ananias

#2,452 in 2025Boys' name

From Ancient Greek Ἀνανίας; literal meaning unconfirmed

Ananias has been given to 961 babies in the U.S. since 1883. In 2025 it ranked #2,452 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 55 recorded.

Babies named Ananias, 2025

1 in 60,300

Ananias over time, 1880–2025

Boys
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ananias: meaning, origin, and history

From Ancient Greek Ἀνανίας; literal meaning unconfirmed

Hebrew

What Ananias means

Ananias is a given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Ancient Greek Ἀνανίας (Ananías), from Hebrew חֲנַנְיָה (khananyá).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Ananias (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Ananias is used in English and Portuguese. Its origins include Hebrew.

Ananias comes through Ancient Greek Ἀνανίας and Hebrew חֲנַנְיָה.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Ananias is pronounced /ænəˈnaɪəs/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 961 boys were recorded with the name Ananias between 1883 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 55 in 2025; its best national rank was #897 in 1883.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,929 in 2020 to #2,452 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,884 in 2015 to #2,452 in 2025.

How common is Ananias?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 60,300
55 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 31,100
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,452
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
41,781 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ananias 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 41,781 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ananias. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ananiass were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ananias was born before 2009 — so the typical Ananias is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
26.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
60.8%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
752
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 26.5% of all recorded uses (255).

Is Ananias 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
+266
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+477
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,432
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.04×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (55)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
33.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#897
1883

Where Ananias is used

Across 1910–2025, Ananias was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 644,789 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ananias has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ananias around the world

Where Ananias 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.

  • Canada
    2019–2022
    #2,959
    in 2022

Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Ananias by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,452
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 477
Best rank ever
#897
1883
Peak year
2025
55 that year
First recorded
1883
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
961
Count in 2025
55

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