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An

#3,982 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

An has been given to 2,519 babies in the U.S. since 1946. In 2025 it ranked #3,982 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2010, with 47 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 55% girls, 45% boys all-time.

Babies named An, 2025

1 in 92,100

An over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — An over time

In 2025, An went to 59% girls and 41% boys.

19462025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

An: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Chinese

What An means

An has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind An

One of the source’s documented entries for An records a meaning of peace, quiet.

One of the source’s documented entries for An records a meaning of heaven, sky.

Origin, language, and formation

An is used in Vietnamese. Its origins include Chinese.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Vietnamese, An is pronounced [ʔaːn˧˧].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,393 girls were recorded with the name An between 1946 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 47 in 2010; its best national rank was #3,393 in 2015.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,014 in 2020 to #3,982 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,393 in 2015 to #3,982 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,126 boys were recorded with the name An between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 32 in 1997; its best national rank was #1,974 in 1985.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,919 in 2020 to #4,141 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,184 in 2015 to #4,141 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is An?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 92,100
36 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 44,600
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#3,982
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
63,832 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where An sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 63,832 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another An. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as An was born before 2005 — so the typical An is around 20 today.

Median birth year
2005
About 20 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
26.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
58.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,387
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 26.3% of all recorded uses (366).

Is An rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+408
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+32
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−589
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.77×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
76.6%
Peak was 2010 (47)
Years since peak
15
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
23.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,393
2015

Where An is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, An was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 92,228 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 100,000
  3. 3Massachusetts1 in —
  4. 4New York1 in —
  5. 5Washington1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. An has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where An is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, An was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 107,473 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Texas1 in —
  3. 3Virginia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. An has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

An around the world

Where An ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2001–2025
    #1,892
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2023–2023
    #749
    in 2023
  • France
    1984–2023
    #6,032
    in 2023
  • Canada
    1993–2024
    #3,027
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1975–2012
    #563
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

An by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,982
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 32
Best rank ever
#3,393
2015
Peak year
2010
47 that year
First recorded
1946
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,393
Count in 2025
36

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,141
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 222
Best rank ever
#1,974
1985
Peak year
1997
32 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,126
Count in 2025
25

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