NameTides

Anh

Anh was the #6,116 girls' name in the US in 2025 (19 babies), and #3,035 in England & Wales.

Anh as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Anh as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Anh as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#6,116 (19)#3,035 (8)—
2024#6,167 (19)——
2023#6,409 (18)#5,688 (3)—
2022#5,465 (23)#4,646 (4)—
2021#5,748 (21)#5,581 (3)—
2020#5,487 (22)#3,447 (6)—
2019#7,342 (15)#2,643 (9)—
2018#4,662 (29)#2,901 (8)—
2017#7,442 (15)#3,583 (6)—
2016#4,423 (32)#3,609 (6)—
2015#4,584 (30)—#3,286 (5)
2014#5,310 (25)#4,003 (5)#3,316 (5)
2013#7,031 (17)—#2,595 (7)
2012#4,047 (37)#4,171 (5)#2,338 (8)
2011#5,728 (23)#2,432 (10)#1,761 (12)

Anh as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Anh as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Anh as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#8,243 (9)#2,014 (12)—
2024#7,765 (10)#3,255 (6)—
2023#5,927 (15)#2,814 (7)—
2022#12,330 (5)——
2021#6,698 (12)——
2020#7,502 (10)#2,682 (7)—
2019#9,756 (7)#2,728 (7)#2,756 (5)
2018#8,819 (8)——
2017#6,060 (14)#3,040 (6)—
2016#4,943 (19)#3,478 (5)#2,182 (7)
2015#5,289 (17)#2,150 (10)—
2014#7,048 (11)—#2,667 (5)
2013#6,603 (12)#2,954 (6)—
2012#10,770 (6)#2,270 (9)#2,368 (6)
2011#10,808 (6)#4,647 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1984 at #1,633.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1975.
  • In 2025, 68% of US babies named Anh were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 83,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 31,000rare
USBoys2025about 1 in 200,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Anh is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 89,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 75,000 to 1 in 110,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Anh by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #3,095CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #3,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Anh (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,4107

Anh (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AnhCanadaGirls—too few
AnhCanadaBoys—too few
AnhEngland & WalesGirls#3,0358
AnhEngland & WalesBoys#2,01412
AnhNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AnhUSGirls#6,11619
AnhUSBoys#8,2439