Anu is a rare variant of Anna that peaked in 2023 and remains in steady use.
Anu is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2025. Anu was first reported in SSA data in 1972 and peaked in 2004 (15 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,308 |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | #11,214 | #7,812 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | #12,296 | #5,266 |
| 2022 | 16 | 16 | #12,361 | #8,359 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | #12,339 | #6,728 |
| 2020 | 15 | 15 | #7,252 | — |
| 2019 | 17 | 17 | #12,579 | #7,689 |
| 2018 | 14 | 14 | #12,604 | #9,742 |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 | #14,316 | — |
| 2015 | 6 | 6 | #14,696 | — |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | #16,791 | — |
| 2013 | 9 | 9 | #11,114 | — |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | #15,149 | — |
| 2011 | 17 | 17 | #9,220 | #12,415 |
| 2010 | 9 | 9 | #11,352 | — |
| 2009 | 8 | 8 | #12,547 | — |
| 2008 | 8 | 8 | #12,697 | — |
| 2007 | 8 | 8 | #12,792 | — |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 | #12,534 | — |
| 2005 | 13 | 13 | #11,952 | #11,585 |
| 2004 | 15 | 15 | #7,434 | — |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 | #14,029 | — |
| 2002 | 5 | 5 | #15,664 | — |
| 2000 | 9 | 9 | #9,965 | — |
| 1999 | 9 | 9 | #9,558 | — |
| 1998 | 8 | 8 | #10,213 | — |
| 1997 | 9 | — | #9,082 | — |
| 1995 | 6 | — | #11,900 | — |
| 1994 | 6 | — | #11,895 | — |
| 1991 | 5 | — | #13,307 | — |
| 1990 | 7 | — | #10,284 | — |
| 1988 | 5 | — | #11,939 | — |
| 1987 | 5 | — | #11,430 | — |
| 1984 | 8 | — | #7,449 | — |
| 1982 | 7 | — | #8,283 | — |
| 1977 | 7 | — | #7,601 | — |
| 1975 | 8 | — | #6,525 | — |
| 1972 | 6 | — | #7,328 | — |