Anahi

What Anahi means

Spanish, meaning “cockspur coral tree (Erythrina crista-galli)”

Borrowed from Paraguayan Guarani ana-i (“cockspur coral tree (Erythrina crista-galli)”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Anahí” (revision 91272654), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Anahi?

US: Rising: up from #617 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2006, when 1,142 girls got the name (#290 that year). First in the US records in 1976.

How common

• About 1 in 2,580 baby girls in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (2.14 per 1,000 girls), NV (1.2 per 1,000 girls), CA (1.06 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Anahi is #482 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Anahi were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Annahi5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Anahi

Girls

• Isabela#664Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1982, with 6 babies
• Amaya#180“the end”^*
• Marianna#872Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #872 vs #1,892 in 2025
• Gabriella#105Editor’s note Down from #54 in 2015 to #105 in 2025 in the US
• Bella#136Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Gia#287Editor’s note Up from #372 in 2015 to #287 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Joan#984“God is gracious”^*
• Angelo#304Editor’s note Down from #299 in 2015 to #304 in 2025 in the US
• Diego#158Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #158 vs #444 in 2025
• Angel#67Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #67 vs #1,307 in 2025
• Xavier#108Editor’s note Down from #90 in 2015 to #108 in 2025 in the US
• Dante#308Editor’s note Up from #322 in 2015 to #308 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Anahi’s. Rank is US 2025.