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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Anari

Anari was the 2100th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 89 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,502 places. More babies were named Anari in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#2,100 girls, up 295 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
89girls
Girls and boys
86% girls, 14% boys2021–2025
Peak year
202589 babies
Total since 1880
1,208babies recorded

Anari popularity since 1880

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GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025#2,100#7,7078910
2020#2,395#8,119739
2010#3,966—38—
2000#9,215—10—
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How popular is Anari, counting every spelling?

Anari is the most common spelling of a name family that had 89 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 89 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Anari89#2,100323

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Anari?

89 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Anari (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Anari born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 94 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Anari.

Chance of another Anari in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Anari?

About 1,100 people born in the US named Anari are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 5 and 15. That makes Anari a young name: most people with it are children.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Anari by state

How common Anari was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Georgia (3.2×), North Carolina (2.8×). In 41 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMI0.03New York: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNY0.03Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesOH0.02Pennsylvania: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesPA0.02New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesNC0.11South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesLA0.06Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesGA0.13Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesFL0.04
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Anari, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Anari: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Anari, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Anari

How popular is the name Anari?

Anari was the 2100th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 89 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,502 places. More babies were named Anari in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Anari a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, 86% girls, 14% boys given the name Anari in the US.

Where is Anari most popular?

In 2021–2025, Anari was most common in Georgia (0.13 per 1,000 girls), followed by North Carolina and Louisiana.