An Boy & girl
How popular is An?
#3,974 girl name in 2025
36 baby girls were named An in the US in 2025, making it the 3974th most popular girl name. Another 25 boys got the name (#4,138 for boys).
An popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,974 for girls (▲ 412 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 36 girls, 25 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-23% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,389 in 2015, #4,004 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2010 (47 girls) |
| Highest rank | #3,389 in 2015 |
| First recorded | 1946 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 42% boys, 58% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
An counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Anne family of names ranked #402 for girls in 2025 (#404 the year before), with 772 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where An is most popular
Babies named An per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (43 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Washington: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (8 girls)
An by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1950s | 36 | #3,929 |
| 1960s | 16 | #5,695 |
| 1970s | 46 | #4,852 |
| 1980s | 199 | #3,526 |
| 1990s | 246 | #3,437 |
| 2000s | 278 | #3,815 |
| 2010s | 366 | #3,389 |
| 2020s | 200 | #3,761 |
Girl names about as popular as An
Questions
- Is An a boy or girl name?
- An is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 42% of babies named An were boys and 58% were girls.
- How popular is the name An?
- 36 baby girls were named An in the US in 2025, making it the 3974th most popular girl name. Another 25 boys got the name (#4,138 for boys).
- When was An most popular?
- An peaked in 2010, when 47 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #3,389 in 2015.
- How many people are named An?
- 2,519 babies have been named An in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,464 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 22.
- Where is An most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, An was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.