Anis
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-NEES
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Anis is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “close companion, friendly”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Anis mean?
Arabic: from Arabic anis
“close companion, friendly”
From Arabic anis 'close companion'; in French, anis is also the word for aniseed.
Is Anis a girl's or a boy's name?
Anis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anis in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Anis, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2004, with 25 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Anis since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Anis in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2017, 27% of the babies named Anis in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Anis in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 13 | #1,858 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,489 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,654 |
| 2009 | 24 | #1,150 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,102 |
| 2006 | 22 | #1,096 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,522 |
| 2004 | 25 | #921 |
| 2003 | 22 | #953 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,067 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,209 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,235 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,188 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,180 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Anis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Anis, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the boys named Anis in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anis in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
Names like Anis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayaan Hamza Yahya Ahmed Anas Arham Aarav Abdullah Muhammad Rayan Amir Rayyan
Names related to Anis
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa Liyana
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, “Anis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anis, updated 20 October 2026.