Fun Facts About the Name Anas
- More than 2 thousand babies named Anas: U.S. records list 2,904 babies given the name Anas from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Anas Mean?
Anas is an Arabic name meaning "companionship," "friendliness," or "sociability" - the ease of familiar company. It comes from the Arabic root ʾ-n-s, which describes being at home with someone and finding a person familiar rather than strange. The same root gives ins (humankind), insān (a human being), and the adjective anīs (friendly, comforting). The name is the noun anas itself, not a shortened form of a longer name.
It is not related to the Latin word anas, meaning "duck," which only looks similar. The female name Anisa (أنيسة) and the male name Anis (أنيس) come from the same root and are related to it.
Anas Name History & Origins
Anas is an Arabic given name in use since the earliest decades of Islam. Its best-known early bearer was Anas ibn Malik (about 612 - 712), who was placed in the household of the Prophet Muhammad as a boy in Medina and served him for roughly ten years. He became one of the most frequently cited narrators of hadith and one of the last surviving Companions, spending his later life in Basra. A second early bearer, Anas ibn al-Nadr, was his uncle and was killed at the Battle of Uhud.
The name was carried outward with the spread of Islam and is used in Arabic-speaking countries, North Africa, and South Asia, as well as by Muslim communities elsewhere. It is written أنس in Arabic and appears in that form in early biographical dictionaries that record the Companions. Anas is a separate name from the similar-sounding Inas (إيناس); the related forms Anisa and Anis share its root but have their own histories.
How Popular is the Name Anas?
Anas has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2016. Its best rank was #1,234 in 2016.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,292 | 151 | 0.0088% |
| 2024 | #1,377 | 136 | 0.0079% |
| 2023 | #1,346 | 140 | 0.0082% |
| 2022 | #1,425 | 128 | 0.0073% |
| 2021 | #1,461 | 123 | 0.0070% |
| 2020 | #1,358 | 130 | 0.0075% |
| 2019 | #1,543 | 109 | 0.0061% |
| 2018 | #1,432 | 122 | 0.0067% |
| 2017 | #1,341 | 133 | 0.0072% |
| 2016 | #1,234 | 151 | 0.0080% |
| 2015 | #1,601 | 100 | 0.0052% |
| 2014 | #1,465 | 111 | 0.0058% |
| 2013 | #1,732 | 84 | 0.0044% |
| 2012 | #2,003 | 70 | 0.0037% |
| 2011 | #1,643 | 92 | 0.0048% |
| 2010 | #1,654 | 94 | 0.0049% |
| 2009 | #1,911 | 75 | 0.0038% |
| 2008 | #1,948 | 73 | 0.0036% |
| 2007 | #1,891 | 75 | 0.0036% |
| 2006 | #2,351 | 53 | 0.0026% |
| 2005 | #1,773 | 74 | 0.0037% |
| 2004 | #2,194 | 53 | 0.0027% |
| 2003 | #1,961 | 59 | 0.0030% |
| 2002 | #1,891 | 59 | 0.0030% |
| 2001 | #2,219 | 46 | 0.0024% |
| 2000 | #1,831 | 58 | 0.0030% |
| 1999 | #2,164 | 43 | 0.0022% |
| 1998 | #2,554 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 1997 | #2,616 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 1996 | #2,536 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 1995 | #2,507 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 1994 | #2,507 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 1993 | #2,510 | 29 | 0.0015% |
| 1992 | #3,754 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1991 | #5,110 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1990 | #3,315 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1989 | #2,910 | 21 | 0.0010% |
| 1988 | #3,083 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1987 | #3,534 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1986 | #3,138 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1985 | #3,409 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1984 | #4,228 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1983 | #2,919 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1982 | #2,976 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1981 | #6,313 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1979 | #6,094 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #4,166 | 8 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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