How rare is the name An?

10,800 people in the United States have the first name An, about 1 in 27,966. It ranks #2,339 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

AN

#2,339

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,800
About
1 in 27,966
This common or more
79.4%
Who bears it

Of the 10,800 people named An, 88.2% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 6.3% as White and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 53.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

An peaked in 2016, when 73 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19462025
Peak year
2016
Births that year
73
In 2025*
61 ▼16%
Recorded as
used for both

At least 2,519 babies have been given the name since 1946. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

An by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #3,814. The largest share of babies named An, 32%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1940s#11,8886
1950s#9,05536
1960s#13,05816
1970s#8,67892
1980s#3,814427
1990s#4,278495
2000s#5,426493
2010s#4,868618
2020s#5,189336
Baby boom 1946–641.9%
Generation X 1965–805%
Millennials 1981–9629.6%
Generation Z 1997–1232%
2013 and later31.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of An

#2,337 Hernan · 10,838#2,338 Kenna · 10,812#2,340 Kailee · 10,797#2,341 Alecia · 10,784

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of An, most common first.

#161 Ana · 321,854#178 Ann · 293,049#1,599 Anh · 20,050#3,690 Ani · 5,505#6,010 Anu · 2,734#8,225 Any · 1,772#16,502 Ane · 682#47,034 Ano · 140

Also a last name

As a last name, An ranks #3,684 of 156,621, with 9,387 people. See An as a last name

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