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

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Peak · boys
#819
1887 · 6 births
Debut · boys
1884
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
74
since 1884

Ah over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #4,274, 1915peak #819, 1887girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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First appearance
1884

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.

Where Ah is popular in 1915

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedGAHawaii: #55 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 185 boysHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Ah, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#55 · 1 in 185

Best ever in a state: #42 in Hawaii, 1914.

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See more about Ah
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1922
Rise & fade · boys
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1887 at #819 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1884–1887
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,902
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1910s
  • 78.4% of all boys named Ah (58) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1990
  • Mostly boys until 1989, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#819 (1887)#895
1890s0——
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1910s58#2,269 (1912)#2,880
1920s5#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 1915

girls
#4,274
5 births · 1 in 196,770 girls
boys
#2,458
10 births · 1 in 84,858 boys

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #4,274Ah5

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #2,458Ah10
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 196,770 of them was named Ah, which outranked 14.0% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ah
  1. #3,795Zillah6
  2. #3,795Zillie6
  3. #3,795Zorka6
  4. #4,274Ah5
  5. #4,274Aagot5
  6. #4,274Achsah5
  7. #4,274Adabelle5

Tied with 693 names at #4,274; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. ↑ 500Gerda#1,444 → #944
  2. ↑ 451Theda#1,034 → #583
  3. ↑ 441Dominga#1,385 → #944
  4. ↑ 354Vernon#1,344 → #990
  5. ↑ 308Loyce#1,147 → #839
Fallers
  1. ↓ 383Drusilla#956 → #1,339
  2. ↓ 342Rossie#798 → #1,140
  3. ↓ 335Arlie#855 → #1,190
  4. ↓ 329Orene#956 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 329Margot#988 → #1,317

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 84,858 of them was named Ah, which outranked 44.0% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ah
  1. #2,310Wilmont11
  2. #2,310Yoshito11
  3. #2,310Zeke11
  4. #2,458Ah10
  5. #2,458Abelardo10
  6. #2,458Achilles10
  7. #2,458Aldor10
  8. #2,621Ada9
  9. #2,621Alanson9
  10. #2,621Albertus9

Tied with 162 names at #2,458; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. ↑ 691Eston#1,687 → #996
  2. ↑ 565Estill#1,545 → #980
  3. ↑ 545Garth#1,260 → #715
  4. ↑ 474Hiroshi#1,342 → #868
  5. ↑ 439Domingo#1,101 → #662
Fallers
  1. ↓ 674Gilmore#986 → #1,660
  2. ↓ 667Barnett#933 → #1,600
  3. ↓ 526Rose#884 → #1,410
  4. ↓ 517Toivo#855 → #1,372
  5. ↓ 461Sampson#949 → #1,410

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1915 →