Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

An

Gender

Male

Origin

Unknown

Alternate Spellings and Variants of An

Pronunciation

an

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2014 (rank #3354, 32 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4139, 25 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2015 (rank #3371, 47 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3975, 36 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20252536
20242432
20232240
20222133
20211824
20202635
20192831
20183041
20172930
20162746

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2019 (rank #1987, 11 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2938, 7 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #1892, 15 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025715
2024109
2023–4
202235
202155
202036
2019117
2018–4
2017–11
201636

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1981 (rank #1726, 5 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4813, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #3651, 6 births); most recent 2023 (rank #5176, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
202333
2022––
2021––
2020–6
2019––
2018–3
2017––
2016––
20153–
2014–3

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #749, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
20233
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence