How rare is the name Anh?

20,050 people in the United States have the first name Anh, about 1 in 15,064. It ranks #1,599 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ANH

#1,599

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
20,050
About
1 in 15,064
This common or more
75.9%
Who bears it

Of the 20,050 people named Anh, 96.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.6% as White. 72.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Anh peaked in 1983, when 98 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19752025
Peak year
1983
Births that year
98
In 2025*
28 ▼71%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 2,296 babies have been given the name since 1975. 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.

Anh by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,525. The largest share of babies named Anh, 46%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#7,257124
1980s#2,525786
1990s#4,603446
2000s#6,239400
2010s#7,088357
2020s#7,817183
Generation X 1965–808.6%
Millennials 1981–9646%
Generation Z 1997–1226.5%
2013 and later18.9%

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.

Spelled almost the same

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

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