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How popular is the name An?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ans are alive today.
An (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Ann in England and Wales, ranked 1892nd in 2025 and given to 15 babies. It was almost as popular in 2015, with 13 babies given the name that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
Across all spellings of the name, the Ann you are most likely to meet is around 79 years old. Half of all Anns born in England and Wales are between 69 and 81, and there are at least 180,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 44% chance that at least one of them will be called Ann.
How many babies are named An each year?
Includes all spellings: An, Ann, Anne. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the An spelling rank?
Where does the Ann spelling rank?
Where does the Anne spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name An most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Ann, peaked in 1944, when around 10,700 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The An spelling itself peaked in 2025, with 15 babies.
How many people are called An?
At least 180,000 people named An in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical An?
Most living Ans are between 69 and 81; the most common age is about 79.
Is An becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.