Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Anu

Gender

Male

Origin

Unknown

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #5249, 18 births); most recent 2025 (rank #8243, 9 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #7210, 15 births); most recent 2024 (rank #11069, 8 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20259–
202498
2023187
202297
2021127
2020–15
2019107
201877
2017–6
2016––

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 2016 (rank #4805, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2008 (rank #3854, 5 births); most recent 2016 (rank #5780, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025––
2024––
2023––
2022––
2021––
2020––
2019––
2018––
2017––
201633

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 Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2012 (rank #678, 5 births); most recent 2016 (rank #866, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20163

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

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence