How Many People Are Named Ananias?
An estimated 703 people in the United States have the first name Ananias. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 21 years old, and Ananias peaked in popularity in 2024 with 48 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Ananias as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Ananias paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
703
About 1 in 487,560 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
21
years old
Peak Year
2024
48 births
Total Registered
902
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Ananias
Ananias is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 902 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Ananias as a male name
Ranked #2,707 in 2024
48 male births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (48 births)
Ananias: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Ananias span from the 1880s to the 2020s, covering 14 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 224 babies were registered. Ananias remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Ananias by Decade
How has Ananias tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Ananias by State
Ananias + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Ananias as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Ananias: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Ananias?
We estimate approximately 703 people named Ananias are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 487,560 Americans share this first name.
Is Ananias a common name?
Ananias is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 87.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 902 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Ananias most popular?
Ananias reached peak popularity in 2024, when 48 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Ananias is approximately 21 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Ananias a male name?
Ananias is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Ananias Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Ananias Smith, Ananias Johnson, Ananias Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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