Ananias
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- an-a-NYE-as
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #2,451 for boys
Ananias is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has been gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 2,451st for boys in the US (55 babies).
What does Ananias mean?
Hebrew: Greek form of Hananiah
“God has been gracious”
In Acts, Ananias of Damascus restores the sight of the newly converted Paul; another Ananias is struck dead for lying.
Is Ananias a girl's or a boy's name?
Ananias is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 55 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ananias in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,451st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 55 about 1 in 31,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 55 boys in the US were named Ananias, making it the 2,451st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,924th. It first appears in the records in 1883.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Ananias of any year since it first appeared, in 1883.
Half of all the boys named Ananias in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ananias in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 55 | #2,451 |
| 2024 | 48 | #2,715 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,004 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,342 |
| 2021 | 36 | #3,240 |
| 2020 | 40 | #2,924 |
| 2019 | 41 | #2,941 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,160 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,245 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 7 | #2,861 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,270 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,802 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,313 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
Names like Ananias
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mathias, Elias, Hezekiah, Matias, Ezekiel, Axel, Augustus, Asa, Jeremias, Abraham, Atlas, Ezra
Names related to Ananias
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie
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, “Ananias: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ananias, updated 20 October 2026.