Anas

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Anas: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Anas: Recorded since 1981, it reached #196 in 2016, and it stood at #335 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
84times a registrar ranked it
45years from first to last
#196highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#938
1997	#845
1998	#689
1999	#507
2000	#503
2001	#544
2002	#468
2003	#414
2004	#439
2005	#401
2006	#396
2007	#397
2008	#387
2009	#438
2010	#444
2011	#384
2012	#460
2013	#402
2014	#402
2015	#429
2016	#442
2017	#501
2018	#504
2019	#445
2020	#426
2021	#423
2022	#311
2023	#364
2024	#318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 41 of the 45 years from 1981 to 2025.

In 2025: #335 among boys in Norway, #509 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1981–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1981
First recorded at #626 among boys in Norway in 1981 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1981–2025
Highest recorded position: #196 among boys in Norway, in 2016 (recorded 1981–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #335 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Anas appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 41 years beginning in 1981, and has registered 488 births with the name.

Anas across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Anas's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#626 (1981)	#196 (2016)	#335 (2025)	41 of 45	488 (1981–2025)	27 (2016)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#324 (1991)	#324 (1991)	#509 (2025)	14 of 35	67 (1991–2025)	8 (2024)
England and Wales · Boys	#938 (1996)	#311 (2022)	#318 (2024)	29 of 29	2,276 (1996–2024)	145 (2022)

Anas by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Anas in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	52	8 of 10	7
1990s	44	7 of 10	6
2000s	132	10 of 10	13
2010sbusiest	188	10 of 10	19
2020s	72	6 of 10	12

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 19 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Anas appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1981 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #196 in Norway in 2016.

Anas's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#318	137	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#364	113	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#311	145	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#423	99	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#426	94	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#445	91	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#504	77	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#501	79	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#442	93	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#429	96	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#402	101	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#402	101	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#460	86	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#384	103	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#444	85	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#438	86	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#387	97	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#397	91	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#396	86	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#401	75	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#439	62	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#414	63	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#468	46	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#544	35	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#503	39	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#507	39	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#689	24	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#845	18	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#938	15	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#335	10	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#436	5	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#248	17	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#274	14	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#265	14	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#283	12	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#329	11	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#229	21	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#253	19	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#196	27	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#258	19	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#212	25	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#236	21	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#321	13	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#262	18	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#310	14	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#237	22	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#242	20	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#249	19	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#346	10	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#283	13	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#302	12	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#286	13	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#320	10	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#402	7	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#445	6	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#370	9	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#353	10	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#456	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#559	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#442	7	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#557	4	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#602	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#570	5	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#391	10	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#517	6	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#528	6	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#484	7	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#459	8	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#523	6	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#626	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#516	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#498	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#542	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1981 and 2025, ranked in 42 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #196, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 145 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1991, and 15 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Ananya · #787, 28y
Anara · #3148, 14y
Anashe · #2025, 16y
Anastacia · #377, 21y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Finnian · #192, 44y
Patrice · #192, 40y
Maebh · #201, 46y
Bartlomiej · #202, 47y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Ilyas · #194, 34y
Kirstie · #194, 28y
Ned · #193, 31y
Caomhan · #192, 20y

Anas was ranked #196 in Norway · Boys in 2016. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Anas and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Anas without appearing here.

Anas moved ahead of

Geoffrey Compare
In 1998 they stood at #689 and #571 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #507 and #1082.
Brent Compare
In 1998 they stood at #689 and #571 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #507 and #1027.
Courtney Compare
In 1998 they stood at #689 and #554 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #507 and #973.
Derek Compare
In 1998 they stood at #689 and #544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #507 and #906.

Moved ahead of Anas

Sander Compare
In 1988 they stood at #391 and #419 in Norway · Boys; by 1989 that had become #570 and #340.
Noah Compare
In 1995 they stood at #442 and #464 in Norway · Boys; by 1996 that had become #559 and #332.
Hunter Compare
In 2011 they stood at #384 and #473 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #460 and #238.
Charlie Compare
In 2023 they stood at #248 and #249 in Norway · Boys; by 2024 that had become #436 and #216.

Moved the opposite way to Anas

Arild Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Anas went from #626 to #335 while Arild went from #94 to #489.
Arne Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Anas went from #626 to #335 while Arne went from #60 to #222.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Anas went from #626 to #335 while Bjørn went from #9 to #56.
Dag Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Anas went from #626 to #335 while Dag went from #77 to #426.

Moved the same way as Anas

Adam Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Anas went from #626 to #335 and Adam from #103 to #29.
Adrian Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Anas went from #626 to #335 and Adrian from #187 to #70.
Aksel Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Anas went from #626 to #335 and Aksel from #340 to #25.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1981 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Anas went from #626 to #335 and Benjamin from #174 to #48.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1981 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #196 in Norway in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Anas

Anas at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Anas across 3 official records

Anas by decade in Norway · Boys

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