Anh

#6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to girls 68.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
#1,633
1984 · 67 births
Debut · girls
1975
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,581
since 1975

Anh over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201981peak #1,633, 1984peak #1,534, 1983girlsboys
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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#6,11619#8,2439
2024#6,16719#7,76510
2023#6,40918#5,92715
2022#5,46523#12,3305
2021#5,74821#6,69812
2020#5,48722#7,50210
2019#7,34215#9,7567
2018#4,66229#8,8198
2017#7,44215#6,06014
2016#4,42332#4,94319
2015#4,58430#5,28917
2014#5,31025#7,04811
2013#7,03117#6,60312
2012#4,04737#10,7706
2011#5,72823#10,8086
2010#4,86029#12,2315
2009#4,26935#6,80212
2008#4,36035#7,69810
2007#5,09728#12,3675
2006#4,81129#6,09413
2005#5,60022—
2004#4,28732#6,97610
2003#3,34743#5,87712
2002#4,17930#9,3926
2001#4,32128#8,3397
2000#3,98331#5,58812
1999#4,08828#5,31712
1998#4,95521#6,3149
1997#4,66022#5,64210
1996#3,30235#4,39614
1995#4,34823#5,12411
1994#3,44832#4,80312
1993#2,99039#2,94323
1992#3,14436#4,11414
1991#3,44331#6,5197
1990#2,85040#2,48827
1989#2,52745#2,54525
1988#2,93135#2,30526
1987#2,43442#2,94217
1986#2,34443#2,16126
1985#1,99754#1,79433
1984#1,63367#1,97927
1983#1,79859#1,53439
1982#1,92255#1,92928
1981#1,76763#1,94228
1980#1,98153#2,36721
1979#3,07827#3,35712
1978#4,45915#3,61410
1977#6,8928#3,03713
1976#5,21511#2,94613
1975#5,51610#5,4645
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First appearance
1975

The first year at least five girls were named Anh! It came in at #5,516, and was given to 10 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1975–1977, when fewer than 12 girls a year got the name.

Where Anh is popular in 1981

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #953 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 9,065 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedHITexas: #871 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 8,249 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Anh, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#871 · 1 in 8,249
  2. California#953 · 1 in 9,065

Best ever in a state: #646 in Washington, 1983.

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California#953201 in 9,065
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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 Anh
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 51 spots since 2024 (#6,167 → #6,116)
  • 629 spots since 2020 (#5,487 → #6,116)
  • 1,532 spots since 2015 (#4,584 → #6,116)
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1975
  • Peaked 1984 at #1,633 (67 births)
  • Births halved by 1991, 7 yrs later
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 25,132
  • Highest: 1 in 25,132 girls born in 1984 were named Anh (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 84,593 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 32.6% of all girls named Anh (516) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1978
  • Mostly boys until 1977, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s71#3,078 (1979)#5,032
1980s516#1,633 (1984)#2,133
1990s307#2,850 (1990)#3,723
2000s313#3,347 (2003)#4,425
2010s252#4,047 (2012)#5,543
2020s122#5,465 (2022)#5,899

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.

Anh in 1981

girls
#1,767
63 births · 1 in 26,477 girls
boys
#1,942
28 births · 1 in 63,971 boys

Top girls' names in 1981

  1. #1Jennifer57,046
  2. #2Jessica42,531
  3. #3Amanda34,372
  4. #4Sarah28,175
  5. #5Melissa28,005
  6. #6Amy20,345
  7. #7Nicole20,310
  8. #8Stephanie20,212
  9. #9Elizabeth20,168
  10. #10Heather17,946
  11. #1,767Anh63

Top boys' names in 1981

  1. #1Michael68,750
  2. #2Christopher50,221
  3. #3Matthew43,330
  4. #4Jason41,927
  5. #5David40,629
  6. #6Joshua39,024
  7. #7James38,283
  8. #8John34,868
  9. #9Robert34,395
  10. #10Daniel30,985
  11. #1,942Anh28
More about 1981

girls

1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 26,477 of them was named Anh, which outranked 85.5% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anh
  1. #1,754Ricki64
  2. #1,754Rosamaria64
  3. #1,754Takesha64
  4. #1,767Anh63
  5. #1,767Abra63
  6. #1,767Ambra63
  7. #1,767Ethel63
  8. #1,790Alberta62
  9. #1,790Collette62
  10. #1,790Hana62

Tied with 22 names at #1,767; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,850Tashina#4,743 → #893
  2. ↑ 2,742Krystle#3,215 → #473
  3. ↑ 1,800Tierra#2,342 → #542
  4. ↑ 1,398Martine#2,189 → #791
  5. ↑ 999Nereida#1,981 → #982
Fallers
  1. ↓ 764Kylene#990 → #1,754
  2. ↓ 607Renada#708 → #1,315
  3. ↓ 560Ashanti#822 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 399Renata#336 → #735
  5. ↓ 395Tracee#959 → #1,354

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

boys

1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 63,971 of them was named Anh, which outranked 73.4% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anh
  1. #1,899Sandra29
  2. #1,899Williams29
  3. #1,899Zebulun29
  4. #1,942Anh28
  5. #1,942Ace28
  6. #1,942Alphonse28
  7. #1,942Anselmo28
  8. #1,996Ahren27
  9. #1,996Anastacio27
  10. #1,996Broc27

Tied with 53 names at #1,942; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,321Marchello#2,162 → #841
  2. ↑ 1,104Skylar#2,058 → #954
  3. ↑ 816Kellen#1,432 → #616
  4. ↑ 499Marcello#1,291 → #792
  5. ↑ 456Tyrel#1,089 → #633
Fallers
  1. ↓ 306Kenyatta#871 → #1,177
  2. ↓ 284Seneca#718 → #1,002
  3. ↓ 247Kimberly#989 → #1,236
  4. ↓ 216Chadd#927 → #1,143
  5. ↓ 214Levar#911 → #1,125

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

See the top 100 for 1981 →