# Anahi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/anahi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 19,390 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 31 / 19,359 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 22, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Anglicized spelling of Spanish Anahí.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 529 | 552 |
| 2012 | 541 | 551 |
| 2013 | 495 | 580 |
| 2014 | 452 | 633 |
| 2015 | 468 | 617 |
| 2016 | 536 | 578 |
| 2017 | 485 | 619 |
| 2018 | 497 | 609 |
| 2019 | 451 | 644 |
| 2020 | 461 | 629 |
| 2021 | 413 | 699 |
| 2022 | 535 | 565 |
| 2023 | 663 | 465 |
| 2024 | 674 | 466 |
| 2025 | 623 | 482 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 5 | 9,693 |
| 1999 | 5 | 9,987 |
| 2000 | 7 | 8,242 |
| 2001 | 6 | 9,302 |
| 2003 | 8 | 7,885 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |

## People named Anahi

- Anahí Berneri, Argentinian film director and film producer (born 1975)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.