girl's name

Anah

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 4
  • Births on record 693

Anah is a girl's name. In 2024 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2002, when 30 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1921.

Anah over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

180
'20 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Anah by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1920s 17
1980s 18
1990s 75
2000s 180
2010s 116
2020s (to 2024) 29

How popular is Anah?

In 2024, Anah was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Anah is used

England & Wales #4,141 5 in 2021
France #5,654 5 in 2024
United States #15,332 5 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Anah

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Anah also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Anah over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Anah

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Anah — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Anah

How popular is the name Anah?

In 2024, Anah was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Anah a girl's or a boy's name?

Anah is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Anah most popular?

Anah peaked in 2002, when 30 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.