Annai
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-nah-EE
Annai is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Annai mean?
Spelling of Anai; probably a form of Anahí, from a Guaraní legend
In a Guaraní legend from Argentina and Paraguay, Anahí is a young woman who is turned into the ceibo flower.
Meaning borrowed from Anai.
Is Annai a girl's or a boy's name?
Annai is a girls' name.
How popular is Annai in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Annai in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Annai in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
Names like Annai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anahi, Aaliyah, Amari, Addison, Alani, Amaya, Nayeli, Alondra, Amani, Armani, Madison, Savannah
Names related to Annai
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, “Annai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/annai, updated 20 October 2026.