How Many People Are Named An?

2,458

people named An are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 139,049 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,519 babies named An in Social Security records from 1946 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#5,893

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Gender-Neutral Names

#394

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Peak Year

2016

73 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
55.5%
Male
44.6%

Of the babies given the name An, 55.5% were girls and 44.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named An rose from 46.6% in the 1980s to 59.5% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named An alive today is about 23 years old, and 66% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 34 in 2025.

Under 30 1,629
66.3%
30 to 59 791
32.2%
60 and over 38
1.5%

📈 Popularity Over Time

An first appears in the records in 1946 and was given most often in 2016, to 73 babies. In 2025, 61 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1946 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

An has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #3,393, in 2015. In 2025 it ranked #3,982. Among boys, its best rank was #1,974, in 1985.

GirlsBoys
Rank in 2025#3,982#4,141
Best rank#3,393 (2015)#1,974 (1985)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#4,063 in the 2010s#4,064 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named An alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named An were born in California than in any other state: about 636 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, An was given 5.6 times as often in California and 2 times in Texas.

California 636
Texas 162
Massachusetts 5
New York 5
Virginia 5
Washington 5

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