Anay

maleStatistical record

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

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

Anay: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #509, reached in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#509highest recorded position
8groupings 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	#2863
2002	#2636
2003	#2470
2004	#1878
2005	#2174
2006	#2282
2007	#1885
2008	#1511
2009	#1859
2010	#1289
2011	#1251
2012	#1313
2013	#1024
2014	#1223
2015	#1236
2016	#1319
2017	#1247
2018	#1533
2019	#2104
2020	#1825
2021	#2125
2022	#2018
2023	#3523
2024	#1951

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 England and Wales in 24 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1951 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Anay by decade in England and Wales · 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 Anay in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	66	8 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	194	10 of 10	19
2020s	50	5 of 10	10

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

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Anay 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #509 in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Anay'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	#1951	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2018	11	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1825	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1247	21	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1319	20	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1236	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1223	21	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1024	27	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1313	19	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1251	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1289	19	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1859	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1511	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1885	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1878	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #509, first reached in 2025.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 27 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2025, and 29 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.

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Anayah · #256, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Lamar · #509, 28y
Mahir · #509, 30y
Pietro · #509, 29y
Yash · #509, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Donnie · #509, 26y
Katerina · #509, 30y
Lamar · #509, 28y
Mahir · #509, 30y

Anay was ranked #509 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2025. 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.

Anay 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 Anay without appearing here.

Anay moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #5119.
Brett Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #4270.
Erin Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3523 and #3523 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #4270.

Moved ahead of Anay

Aksel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1247 and #1812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1533 and #1382.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2125 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2018 and #2018.
Rune Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1825 and #2228 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2125 and #2125.

Moved the opposite way to Anay

Kim Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Anay went from #2863 to #1236 while Kim went from #1168 to #4747.
Tayla Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Anay went from #2863 to #1236 while Tayla went from #1458 to #4747.
Morten Compare
Between 2003 and 2015 in England and Wales · Boys, Anay went from #2470 to #1236 while Morten went from #2189 to #4747.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #509 in Republic of Ireland in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Anay by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Anay at a glance

Anay by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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