Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Anh**

#4,087 most common girls' name of all time · #6,972 across all names · 31% male / 69% female · used 1975–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#4,087
Rank overall
#6,972 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
2,296
Since 2016
322
Peak year
1983 #1,816
Best rank
#1,655 1984
Girls Boys peak 98/yr
198020002020

Anh first appears in 1975. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 19 9 28 #6,180
2024 19 10 29 #6,256
2023 18 15 33 #6,511
2022 23 5 28 #5,540
2021 21 12 33 #5,816
2020 22 10 32 #5,558
2019 15 7 22 #7,467
2018 29 8 37 #4,705
2017 15 14 29 #7,569
2016 32 19 51 #4,472
2015 30 17 47 #4,644
2014 25 11 36 #5,359
2013 17 12 29 #7,144
2012 37 6 43 #4,074
2011 23 6 29 #5,802
2010 29 5 34 #4,907
2009 35 12 47 #4,314
2008 35 10 45 #4,404
2007 28 5 33 #5,155
2006 29 13 42 #4,869
2005 22 — 22 #5,689
2004 32 10 42 #4,339
2003 43 12 55 #3,377
2002 30 6 36 #4,236
2001 28 7 35 #4,390
2000 31 12 43 #4,035
1999 28 12 40 #4,168
1998 21 9 30 #5,047
1997 22 10 32 #4,749
1996 35 14 49 #3,334
1995 23 11 34 #4,456
1994 32 12 44 #3,512
1993 39 23 62 #3,034
1992 36 14 50 #3,197
1991 31 7 38 #3,520
1990 40 27 67 #2,884
1989 45 25 70 #2,565
1988 35 26 61 #2,980
1987 42 17 59 #2,486
1986 43 26 69 #2,382
1985 54 33 87 #2,019
1984 67 27 94 #1,655
1983 59 39 98 #1,816
1982 55 28 83 #1,949
1981 63 28 91 #1,789
1980 53 21 74 #2,013
1979 27 12 39 #3,144
1978 15 10 25 #4,661
1977 8 13 21 #7,470
1976 11 13 24 #5,577
1975 10 5 15 #5,958