Anis
Anis is a masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Anis
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Anis is a masculine given name and surname of Arabic origin.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Anis
As a girl name
American parents first put Anis on the record books as a girl name in 1887, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1925, when 12 Aniss were born — ranking #2,778 that year. About 34% of every Anis on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Anis last appeared in the published SSA data in 2005, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 70 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Anis on the record books as a boy name in 1982, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2008, when 19 Aniss were born — ranking #4,900 that year. About 35% of every Anis on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Anis last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 13 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 348 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Anis
Anis is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 348 births in the dataset. Anis's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #4,900. Use the chart and map above to compare Anis's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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