Given name & surname
Anais
“a woman graced with God's favor”
Anais is a variant of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Anais is a variant of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anais through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 9,331
- 118 boys · 9,213 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 353 babies
- 2025
- 310
- #892 for girls · #7,223 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +17%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 299 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 892 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 16.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 11 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (46). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,875 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Anais
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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