girls:
1.3k births since 1946
#4399 (23rd percentile)
boys:
1.1k births since 1975
#3521 (23rd percentile)
overall:
2.4k births since 1946
#5421 (30th percentile)
The name An is the #5,421 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,402 recorded births since 1946. This represents the 29.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 29.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,399 (23.0% percentile) for all time with 1,325 births since 1946. For boys, it ranks #3,521 (23.2% percentile) for all time with 1,077 births since 1975.
An first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1946 (1946 for girls and 1975 for boys). Birth data for An is available in 58 out of the 78 years between 1946 and 2023 (58 years for girls and 49 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name An has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (55.2% of all recorded births). In 2023, 64.5% of babies named An were girls.
For girls, An reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 4.5% percentile (ranked #902) with 24 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 24 births per million (ranked 4.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, An ranks #912 for girls (3.7% percentile) with 23 births per million, which is 94.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, An reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 3.5% percentile (ranked #671) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 16 births per million (ranked 3.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, An ranks #894 for boys (1.9% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 75.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "An".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name An. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.7% confident that An is pronounced as an, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uhn, at 17.5% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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