An

#3,975 for girls in 2025, 36 births · #4,139 for boys in 2025, 25 births
Given to girls 55.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
#3,389
2015 · 47 births
Debut · girls
1946
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,393
since 1946

An over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #3,389, 2015peak #1,975, 1985girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,97536#4,13925
2024#4,38732#4,32124
2023#3,76340#4,61022
2022#4,29533#4,70121
2021#5,23724#5,11018
2020#4,00535#3,91826
2019#4,43731#3,79428
2018#3,67741#3,60730
2017#4,57630#3,67829
2016#3,41146#3,88327
2015#3,38947#4,17924
2014#4,35033#3,37132
2013#4,33633#3,86426
2012#4,70730#5,25617
2011#4,91528#4,22123
2010#3,40947#5,47816
2009#4,93129#5,55416
2008#5,01329#5,06718
2007#4,56732#3,89326
2006#5,70923#5,07217
2005#4,58129#3,61526
2004#3,81937#4,12921
2003#4,30730#3,44326
2002#5,44421#3,55424
2001#4,83424#4,47617
2000#4,79124#3,42324
1999#3,63933#4,34116
1998#4,79622#2,78229
1997#5,01020#2,50232
1996#4,58322#3,02124
1995#4,84620#3,02023
1994#4,68721#2,55629
1993#3,77628#2,94323
1992#3,50331#2,53228
1991#3,44331#2,75324
1990#5,06018#2,95221
1989#3,78426#2,90221
1988#4,17221#2,36725
1987#3,62424#2,27225
1986#4,18619#2,36023
1985#3,62123#1,97529
1984#3,52723#2,09825
1983#3,55522#2,08525
1982#4,71615#2,16624
1981#4,53216#2,77916
1980#6,31910#2,96515
1979#7,3138#2,89715
1978#6,3859#4,1578
1977#6,8928#4,1648
1976#6,0489#4,0128
1975#4,85412#4,3097
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First appearance
1946

The first year at least five girls were named An! It came in at #4,417, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1947–1950, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where An is popular in 1999

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,457 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 31,294 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedHITexas: #2,203 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 24,537 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named An, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#2,203 · 1 in 24,537
  2. California#2,457 · 1 in 31,294

Best ever in a state: #841 in Massachusetts, 2023.

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Texas#2,20361 in 24,537
California#2,45771 in 31,294
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about An
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 412 spots since 2024 (#4,387 → #3,975)
  • 30 spots since 2020 (#4,005 → #3,975)
  • 586 spots since 2015 (#3,389 → #3,975)
Rise & fade · girls
69 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1946
  • Peaked 2015 at #3,389 (47 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 37,821
  • Highest: 1 in 37,821 girls born in 2010 were named An (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 44,646 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #3,389 in 2015, was only 1 in 37,981 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 26.3% of all girls named An (366) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2003
  • Mostly boys until 2002, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s6#4,417 (1946)#4,417
1950s36#3,930 (1957)#4,846
1960s16#5,696 (1960)#6,657
1970s46#4,854 (1975)#6,298
1980s199#3,527 (1984)#4,204
1990s246#3,443 (1991)#4,334
2000s278#3,819 (2004)#4,800
2010s366#3,389 (2015)#4,121
2020s200#3,763 (2023)#4,277

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

An in 1999

girls
#3,639
33 births · 1 in 53,752 girls
boys
#4,341
16 births · 1 in 120,009 boys

Top girls' names in 1999

  1. #1Emily26,542
  2. #2Hannah21,679
  3. #3Alexis19,237
  4. #4Sarah19,119
  5. #5Samantha19,044
  6. #6Ashley18,136
  7. #7Madison18,054
  8. #8Taylor16,906
  9. #9Jessica16,350
  10. #10Elizabeth15,350
  11. #3,639An33

Top boys' names in 1999

  1. #1Jacob35,371
  2. #2Michael33,915
  3. #3Matthew30,418
  4. #4Joshua27,265
  5. #5Nicholas25,639
  6. #6Christopher25,604
  7. #7Andrew23,866
  8. #8Joseph23,220
  9. #9Daniel22,704
  10. #10Tyler22,669
  11. #4,341An16
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 53,752 of them was named An, which outranked 78.5% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside An
  1. #3,569Tommi34
  2. #3,569Varsha34
  3. #3,569Yana34
  4. #3,639An33
  5. #3,639Aleshia33
  6. #3,639Alexiss33
  7. #3,639Anneke33
  8. #3,718Aislynn32
  9. #3,718Allysia32
  10. #3,718Amada32

Tied with 78 names at #3,639; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,407Citlalli#2,338 → #931
  2. ↑ 1,329Noelia#2,048 → #719
  3. ↑ 1,060Amaya#1,458 → #398
  4. ↑ 864Kyara#1,789 → #925
  5. ↑ 604Journey#1,557 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 579Erykah#779 → #1,358
  2. ↓ 417Tea#747 → #1,164
  3. ↓ 415Tasia#800 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 406Monika#930 → #1,336
  5. ↓ 357Chase#952 → #1,309

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 120,009 of them was named An, which outranked 62.6% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside An
  1. #4,162Yannick17
  2. #4,162Yobani17
  3. #4,162Zacariah17
  4. #4,341An16
  5. #4,341Abdoul16
  6. #4,341Abhay16
  7. #4,341Abubakar16
  8. #4,537Able15
  9. #4,537Adams15
  10. #4,537Ade15

Tied with 195 names at #4,341; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,239Trajan#2,235 → #996
  2. ↑ 669Tyreese#1,558 → #889
  3. ↑ 595Latrell#1,231 → #636
  4. ↑ 420Zion#694 → #274
  5. ↑ 414Xander#1,338 → #924
Fallers
  1. ↓ 381Jaret#555 → #936
  2. ↓ 362Kordell#841 → #1,203
  3. ↓ 313Juwan#524 → #837
  4. ↓ 296Jarett#743 → #1,039
  5. ↓ 288Christion#989 → #1,277

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1999 →