Anay is an uncommon variant of Anna that peaked in 2017 and has grown less common since.
Anay is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,646 for boy births in the United States (and #5,683 across all names), given to 49 babies. Anay was first reported in SSA data in 1984 and peaked in 2017 (102 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,646 |
| 2024 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,791 |
| 2023 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,615 |
| 2022 | 48 | 48 | — | #2,720 |
| 2021 | 39 | 39 | — | #3,075 |
| 2020 | 57 | 57 | — | #2,349 |
| 2019 | 60 | 60 | — | #2,293 |
| 2018 | 77 | 77 | — | #1,920 |
| 2017 | 108 | 108 | #14,290 | #1,582 |
| 2016 | 96 | 96 | #10,946 | #1,764 |
| 2015 | 86 | 86 | #11,922 | #1,872 |
| 2014 | 78 | 78 | — | #1,873 |
| 2013 | 97 | 97 | #9,665 | #1,709 |
| 2012 | 81 | 81 | #15,112 | #1,910 |
| 2011 | 98 | 98 | #9,210 | #1,721 |
| 2010 | 84 | 84 | #5,794 | #2,171 |
| 2009 | 83 | 83 | #4,811 | #2,403 |
| 2008 | 73 | 73 | #4,013 | #3,291 |
| 2007 | 84 | 84 | #3,383 | #3,189 |
| 2006 | 79 | 79 | #3,510 | #3,156 |
| 2005 | 64 | 64 | #3,370 | #4,475 |
| 2004 | 54 | 54 | #3,996 | #4,428 |
| 2003 | 63 | 63 | #3,136 | #4,823 |
| 2002 | 71 | 71 | #2,784 | #4,514 |
| 2001 | 64 | 64 | #2,704 | #6,954 |
| 2000 | 50 | 50 | #2,858 | — |
| 1999 | 43 | 43 | #3,050 | — |
| 1998 | 35 | 35 | #3,430 | — |
| 1997 | 18 | — | #5,433 | — |
| 1996 | 23 | — | #4,464 | — |
| 1995 | 15 | — | #5,981 | — |
| 1994 | 10 | — | #8,164 | — |
| 1993 | 17 | — | #5,431 | — |
| 1992 | 18 | — | #5,282 | — |
| 1991 | 23 | — | #4,338 | — |
| 1990 | 16 | — | #5,564 | — |
| 1989 | 9 | — | #8,075 | — |
| 1988 | 12 | — | #6,299 | — |
| 1984 | 5 | — | #10,504 | — |