Unisex name · since 1975
Anh
Anh has 1,581 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1984 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,510 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,175 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,581
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
1,581 babies have been named Anh since 1975, making it today's #6175 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anh has been recorded 1,581 times among girls since 1975, currently ranked #6175 nationally and more common than 64% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #5,510 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,175 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,581 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anh ranks #5,510 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,175 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,581 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #5,510 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,175 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,581
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Anh's 1,581 recorded births place it above 92.38% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Anh compares
1,581 Top 26% higher than 74% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Anh's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anh | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,581 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 67 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Anh's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1977, with only 8 births recorded -- set against the 1984 peak of 67, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Anh popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (1984)
- 67
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Anh popularity over time - boys
715 total births recorded since 1975 (Anh as boys' name)
Anh by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (516 births, 33% of the file).
1980s was Anh's strongest decade.
516 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Anh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 71
1970s
71 births
- 1980s
1980s
516 births
- 1990s
1990s
307 births
- 2000s
2000s
313 births
- 2010s
2010s
252 births
- 2020s 122
2020s
122 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 516 births (33% of all-time use).
How Anh compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Anh's total volume
Anh by state
Where Anh concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 463 | 29.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 173 | 10.9% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Washington | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #5 | Florida | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.3% |
463 of 1,581 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Anh appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Anh's data
- Anh's decade-level peak was the 1980s (516 total births); usage has since declined to 122 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Anhs (463 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Anh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~50 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Anh draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.