Anakaren
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-na-KAH-ren
- Origin
- Spanish
Anakaren is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “grace + pure”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Anakaren mean?
Spanish: compound of Ana and Karen
“grace + pure”
A compound of Ana, the Spanish form of Anna, and Karen, a Danish form of Katherine.
Is Anakaren a girl's or a boy's name?
Anakaren is a girls' name.
How popular is Anakaren in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1989, with 74 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Anakaren in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anakaren in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 31 | #4,575 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,483 |
| 2004 | 30 | #4,488 |
| 2003 | 50 | #2,996 |
| 2002 | 40 | #3,390 |
| 2001 | 44 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,936 |
| 1999 | 39 | #3,242 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,727 |
| 1997 | 46 | #2,692 |
| 1996 | 46 | #2,668 |
| 1995 | 63 | #2,120 |
| 1994 | 46 | #2,656 |
| 1993 | 70 | #1,980 |
| 1992 | 52 | #2,454 |
| 1991 | 35 | #3,153 |
| 1990 | 53 | #2,340 |
| 1989 | 74 | #1,800 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
Names like Anakaren
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anahi, Raven, Anika, Armani, Anya, Ashanti, Avani, Amaya, Anaya, Aisha, Amani, Asha
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Sierra
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Anakaren: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anakaren, updated 20 October 2026.