Annas
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AN-nas
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Annas is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “friendliness, companionship”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Annas mean?
Arabic: spelling of Anas; also the biblical high priest Annas
“friendliness, companionship”
Anas ibn Malik was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad; Annas is also a Jewish high priest in the Gospels.
Is Annas a girl's or a boy's name?
Annas is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Annas in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Annas, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 5 boys.
Half of all the boys named Annas in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Annas in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
Names like Annas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ahmed, Abdul, Alfie, Anas, Lucas, Ali, Charlie, Archie, Syed, Leon, Abdullah, Abbas
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) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Annas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/annas, updated 20 October 2026.