Anu**
#13,242 most common girls' name of all time · #21,900 across all names · 23% male / 77% female · used 1972–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#13,242
Rank overall
#21,900 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
38 of 146
All-time
367
Since 2016
139
Peak year
2023 #12,491
Best rank
#7,032 1975
Girls
Boys
peak 25/yr
Anu first appears in 1972. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 2024 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #11,356 |
| 2023 | 7 | 18 | 25 | #12,491 |
| 2022 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #12,551 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #12,508 |
| 2020 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,324 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #12,768 |
| 2018 | 7 | 7 | 14 | #12,765 |
| 2017 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,517 |
| 2015 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,884 |
| 2014 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,097 |
| 2013 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,260 |
| 2012 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,396 |
| 2011 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #9,322 |
| 2010 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,491 |
| 2009 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,722 |
| 2008 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,881 |
| 2007 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,982 |
| 2006 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,725 |
| 2005 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #12,139 |
| 2004 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,548 |
| 2003 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,337 |
| 2002 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,064 |
| 2000 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,142 |
| 1999 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,783 |
| 1998 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,446 |
| 1997 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,320 |
| 1995 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,313 |
| 1994 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,337 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,955 |
| 1990 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,694 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,623 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,134 |
| 1984 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,862 |
| 1982 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,817 |
| 1977 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,180 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,032 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,120 |