boy's name

Anes

  • Origin Norse
  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Top 1000 (France)
  • Births on record 2,518

France

#574

2025 births

Anes is a boy's name. In 2021 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Anes is a name of Norse origin.
  • Peaked in France in 2018, when 135 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 7,860 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1982.

Anes over time

Births per decade in France, 1980s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Anes by decade in France
Decade Births
1980s 20
1990s 65
2000s 405
2010s 950
2020s (to 2025) 615

How popular is Anes?

In 2025, Anes was given to 75 babies in France, ranking #574 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Anes is used

France #574 90 in 2025
Ireland #786 3 in 2020
Canada #1,615 13 in 2024
England & Wales #4,486 4 in 2025
United States #9,740 7 in 2021

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Anes is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Anès Anès is a rare spelling of Anes, written with a grave accent and recorded about 275 times, mostly in France. 275
Anés Anés is a rare spelling of Anes, written with an acute accent and recorded about 40 times, mostly in France. 40

Names that peaked alongside Anes

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Anes also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Anes over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Anes in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Ane

Sibling names for Anes

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Anes — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Anes

How popular is the name Anes?

In 2025, Anes was given to 75 babies in France, ranking #574 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Is Anes a girl's or a boy's name?

Anes is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Anes most popular?

Anes peaked in 2018, when 135 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Anes a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Anes currently ranks #574 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.