Anes
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AH-nes
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Anes is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “friendliness, companionship”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Anes mean?
Arabic: Bosnian and Turkish spelling of Anas
“friendliness, companionship”
Spelling of Anas, as in Anas ibn Malik, a companion of the Prophet and a major narrator of hadith.
Is Anes a girl's or a boy's name?
Anes is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anes in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Anes, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Anes in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Anes in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
How popular is Anes in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Anes in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anes in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
Names like Anes
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anas, Ali, Luca, Axel, Lucas, Ares, Faris, Abdul, Cooper, Syed, Noah, Ayman
Names related to Anes
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Anes: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anes, updated 20 October 2026.