An
An is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 32 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 320.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 201047 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1946
- 2,458people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,357 girls have been named An in the United States since 1946, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2010, with 47 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2010s alone account for 27%.
An is used for both sexes: 45% of its bearers are boys (1,101), most of them born around 1997.
By decade
In 2010, its biggest year
An was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2010 were Isabella, Sophia, Emma, Olivia and Ava. See all of 2010.
Names that rose and fell with An
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Hananpeak 2016
- Manalpeak 2021
- Reemapeak 2018
- Elishevapeak 2020
- Shifrapeak 2017
- Yochevedpeak 2012
- Fatimahpeak 2020
- Auburnpeak 2015
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.