Anh
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- AHN
- Origin
- Vietnamese
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Anh is a name of Vietnamese origin, meaning “bright, outstanding”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Anh mean?
Vietnamese: Sino-Vietnamese
“bright, outstanding”
Is Anh a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Anh has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 12 boys in the UK and 19 girls and 9 boys in the US.
How popular is Anh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,087th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 79% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Anh, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. 8 girls were also named Anh in 2025 (3,101st for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Anh of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Anh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 40% of the babies named Anh in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Anh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Anh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,115th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Anh, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 1984, with 67 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975. 9 boys were also named Anh in 2025 (8,239th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Anh in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2023, 55% of the babies named Anh in the US were girls.
Anh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 37 | #4,046 |
| 2011 | 23 | #5,725 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 35 | #4,268 |
| 2008 | 35 | #4,359 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,283 |
| 2003 | 43 | #3,343 |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,175 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,084 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 35 | #3,297 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,443 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,985 |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,139 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,437 |
| 1990 | 40 | #2,845 |
| 1989 | 45 | #2,522 |
| 1988 | 35 | #2,926 |
| 1987 | 42 | #2,432 |
| 1986 | 43 | #2,343 |
| 1985 | 54 | #1,996 |
| 1984 | 67 | #1,633 |
| 1983 | 59 | #1,797 |
| 1982 | 55 | #1,922 |
| 1981 | 63 | #1,767 |
| 1980 | 53 | #1,981 |
| 1979 | 27 | #3,078 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
Names like Anh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Minh, Yug, Yusuf, Shko, Tai, Loki, Kairo, Rumi, Guto, Mika, Yitzchok, Sami
Names related to Anh
More Vietnamese names
Vy, Khoi, Khang, Ngoc, Can, Nhi, Nam, Thang, Khoa, Vinh, Phuong, Nguyen, Liem, Duy, Le, Viet
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Anh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anh, updated 20 October 2026.