Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Anri isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2014. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anri through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 78
- 57 boys · 21 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #8,963 for boys · #11,028 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +28%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,963 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 2018. It also appeared in 8 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 241 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.
Anri’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Anri is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 杏梨. In Japanese usage, Anri is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 杏璃. In Japanese usage, Anri is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 杏莉.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Anri
- Yolandi VisserSouth African rapper and singerborn 1984
- Anri JokhadzeGeorgian singer, songwriter, music producer, film director, tv hostborn 1980
- Anri SalaAlbanian contemporary artist (born 1974)
- Anri KhagushRussian association football player and manager (1986-)
- Anri EgutidzePortuguese judokaborn 1996
- Anri OkamotoJapanese fashion model and actressborn 1994
- Anri KawamuraJapanese Women's Freestyle Ski Playerborn 2004
- Anri KumakiJapanese singerborn 1982
- Anri SugiharaJapanese actress and tarentoborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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