Anahi
Anahi was the 482nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 623 babies. Its best year was 2006, when it ranked 290th with 1,142 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 135 places. More babies were named Anahi in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning a flower name from Guarani (ceibo tree) · Guarani, Spanish
Say it ah-nah-EE /ɑnɑˈi/
- Rank in 2025
- #482 girls, up 147 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 623girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20061,142 babies
- Total since 1880
- 19,390babies recorded
What does the name Anahi mean?
Anahi is the English spelling of Spanish Anahí, a name from South America. Wiktionary traces it to Paraguayan Guarani ana-i, the cockspur coral tree (Erythrina crista-galli), known in Spanish as the ceibo. The ceibo is native to southern South America, and its flower is the national flower of Argentina and Uruguay. The Mexican singer and actress known simply as Anahí, a star of the 2000s series Rebelde, has also made the name familiar to Spanish speakers.
ana-i (Paraguayan Guarani, “cockspur coral tree, ceibo”)
How sure is this? Probable. The Guarani plant-name origin rests on Wiktionary; no edited name dictionary was available to confirm it. A popular Argentine legend about a girl named Anahí and the ceibo flower is folklore and is not covered by our sources.
Pronunciation: The accent mark in Spanish Anahí puts the stress on the last syllable, which the unaccented US spelling hides.
Related names: Anahí, Anahy.
See also: names that mean tree.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Anahí' (Spanish section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wikipedia, 'Erythrina crista-galli', Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts only)
- Wikipedia, 'Anahí', Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts only)
Anahi popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 31 since 1998.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #482 | 623 |
| 2020 | #629 | 461 |
| 2010 | #479 | 629 |
| 2000 | #365 | 814 |
| 1990 | #2,129 | 61 |
| 1980 | #7,450 | 8 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Anahi, counting every spelling?
Anahi is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #492 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #482 for Anahi on its own. Together these spellings went to 644 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anahi | 623 | #482 | 2,908 |
| Anahy | 16 | #6,856 | 129 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Anahi?
623 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Anahi (0.17 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Anahi born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 13 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Anahi.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Anahi?
About 19,200 people born in the US named Anahi are alive today, with a median age of 18; half are between 10 and 24. That makes Anahi mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Anahi by state
How common Anahi was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New Mexico (4.2×), Nevada (3.0×), California (2.9×), Texas (2.6×), Arizona (2.6×). In 18 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Anahi: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Anahi, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Anahi · Sibling names for Anahi
Questions about the name Anahi
What does Anahi mean?
Anahi means “a flower name from Guarani (ceibo tree)” (Guarani, Spanish origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Anahi?
Anahi was the 482nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 623 babies. Its best year was 2006, when it ranked 290th with 1,142 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 135 places. More babies were named Anahi in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Anahi a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Anahi in the US.
Where is Anahi most popular?
In 2021–2025, Anahi was most common in New Mexico (1.52 per 1,000 girls), followed by Nevada and California.