Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anahi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 19,390
- 31 boys · 19,359 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 1,142 babies
- 2025
- 623
- #482 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +20%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 623 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 482 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 19.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,142 in 2006. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (172). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 15,303 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Anahi’s family of names
In English usage, Anahi was borrowed from the Spanish form Anahí.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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