Ah
Last seen for girls in 1991 at #11,509 · Last seen for boys in 1922 at #4,307
Given to boys 77.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 6 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 74since 1884
Ah over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | — | |
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| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | — | |
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| 1919 | — | #2,877 | 9 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,096 | 8 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #2,458 | 10 |
| 1914 | — | #2,457 | 8 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,821 | 5 | |
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| 1887 | — | #819 | 6 | |
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| 1884 | — | #971 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Ah! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Ah
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1922
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1887 at #819 (6 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1884–1887
- Highest: 1 in 16,902 boys born in 1887 were named Ah (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 217,631 boys born in 1922 (0.00%)
- 78.4% of all boys named Ah (58) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1989, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1880s | 11 | #819 (1887) | #895 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 58 | #2,269 (1912) | #2,880 |
| 1920s | 5 | #4,307 (1922) | #4,307 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ah in 1884
Top boys' names in 1884
More about 1884
boys
114,441 boys got a published name in 1884; 1 in 22,888 of them was named Ah, which outranked 13.7% of the 1,125 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 41.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 154 names at #971; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.