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Anum

Girl · AN-um · Arabic

Anum is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “blessings, favours”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).

What does Anum mean?

Arabic: Arabic, via Urdu

“blessings, favours”

From the Arabic an'um, 'favours, blessings', a word the Quran uses for God's gifts.

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Is Anum a girl's or a boy's name?

Anum is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Anum in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#5,990among girls
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 93,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 40% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Anum, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 50 girls.

2025 had the fewest girls named Anum since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Anum in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 50 in 20122025
Anum in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253#5,990
202412#2,323
202313#2,185
202211#2,450
202114#2,069
202016#1,864
201917#1,793
201814#2,088
201719#1,711
201626#1,361
201532#1,160
201424#1,418
201336#1,065
201250#831
201135#1,069
201034#1,055
200930#1,127
200814#1,943
200724#1,243
200618#1,481
200513#1,807
200415#1,561
200315#1,492
200212#1,649
200118#1,204
200013#1,502
199920#1,103
199821#1,080
199729#854
199622#988

How popular is Anum in the US?

Rank in 2025
#11,928among girls
Babies in 2025
7about 1 in 230,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Anum, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.

Half of all the girls named Anum in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

1988Busiest: 32 in 19922025
Anum in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20257#11,928
20246#13,472
20239#10,307
20220–
20218#11,141
20208#11,085
201915#7,338
201817#6,788
201710#9,939
201611#9,408
201519#6,450
201414#8,050
201318#6,725
201219#6,573
201118#6,852
201024#5,600
200919#6,808
200824#5,747
200714#8,516
200611#9,897
200513#8,325
200410#9,887
200319#6,050
20029#10,240
200114#7,311
200014#7,152
199924#4,571
199819#5,359
199719#5,224
199616#5,766
199517#5,434
199419#5,011
199329#3,676
199232#3,413
199119#4,998
199028#3,709
198925#3,887
198817#4,835

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