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
- Peak · girls
- 1984 · 67 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,581since 1975
Anh over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,116 | 19 | #8,243 | 9 |
| 2024 | #6,167 | 19 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 | #5,927 | 15 |
| 2022 | #5,465 | 23 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #5,748 | 21 | #6,698 | 12 |
| 2020 | #5,487 | 22 | #7,502 | 10 |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #4,662 | 29 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 | #6,060 | 14 |
| 2016 | #4,423 | 32 | #4,943 | 19 |
| 2015 | #4,584 | 30 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2014 | #5,310 | 25 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #7,031 | 17 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | #4,047 | 37 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #5,728 | 23 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #4,860 | 29 | #12,231 | 5 |
| 2009 | #4,269 | 35 | #6,802 | 12 |
| 2008 | #4,360 | 35 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #5,097 | 28 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #4,811 | 29 | #6,094 | 13 |
| 2005 | #5,600 | 22 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,287 | 32 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #3,347 | 43 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #4,179 | 30 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #4,321 | 28 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #3,983 | 31 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #4,088 | 28 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #4,660 | 22 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #3,302 | 35 | #4,396 | 14 |
| 1995 | #4,348 | 23 | #5,124 | 11 |
| 1994 | #3,448 | 32 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #2,990 | 39 | #2,943 | 23 |
| 1992 | #3,144 | 36 | #4,114 | 14 |
| 1991 | #3,443 | 31 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #2,850 | 40 | #2,488 | 27 |
| 1989 | #2,527 | 45 | #2,545 | 25 |
| 1988 | #2,931 | 35 | #2,305 | 26 |
| 1987 | #2,434 | 42 | #2,942 | 17 |
| 1986 | #2,344 | 43 | #2,161 | 26 |
| 1985 | #1,997 | 54 | #1,794 | 33 |
| 1984 | #1,633 | 67 | #1,979 | 27 |
| 1983 | #1,798 | 59 | #1,534 | 39 |
| 1982 | #1,922 | 55 | #1,929 | 28 |
| 1981 | #1,767 | 63 | #1,942 | 28 |
| 1980 | #1,981 | 53 | #2,367 | 21 |
| 1979 | #3,078 | 27 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #2,946 | 13 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #5,464 | 5 |
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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 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Virginia#687 · 1 in 6,747
- California#1,467 · 1 in 17,308
- Texas#1,661 · 1 in 21,945
Best ever in a state: #646 in Washington, 1983.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Virginia | #687 | 5 | 1 in 6,747 |
| California | #1,467 | 12 | 1 in 17,308 |
| Texas | #1,661 | 6 | 1 in 21,945 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 1984 at #1,633 (67 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 32.6% of all girls named Anh (516) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1977, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 71 | #3,078 (1979) | #5,032 |
| 1980s | 516 | #1,633 (1984) | #2,133 |
| 1990s | 307 | #2,850 (1990) | #3,723 |
| 2000s | 313 | #3,347 (2003) | #4,425 |
| 2010s | 252 | #4,047 (2012) | #5,543 |
| 2020s | 122 | #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 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 39,896 of them was named Anh, which outranked 81.7% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,300Toshia44
- #2,300Whitnie44
- #2,300Zena44
- #2,344Anh43
- #2,344Aspen43
- #2,344Brittainy43
- #2,344Christel43
- #2,384Aleesha42
- #2,384Alli42
- #2,384Annelise42
Tied with 39 names at #2,344; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 70,828 of them was named Anh, which outranked 72.4% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,096Zacharie27
- #2,096Zebadiah27
- #2,096Zeke27
- #2,161Anh26
- #2,161Aren26
- #2,161Arin26
- #2,161Aris26
- #2,226Alison25
- #2,226Ameer25
- #2,226Arman25
Tied with 64 names at #2,161; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.