Anshu
Awa Province was a province of Japan in the area of modern Chiba Prefecture. It lies on the tip of the Bōsō Peninsula (房総半島), whose name takes its first kanji from the name of Awa Province and its second from Kazusa and Shimōsa Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was Bōshū (房州) or Anshū (安州).
Meaning & Origin of Anshu
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Awa Province was a province of Japan in the area of modern Chiba Prefecture. It lies on the tip of the Bōsō Peninsula (房総半島), whose name takes its first kanji from the name of Awa Province and its second from Kazusa and Shimōsa Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was Bōshū (房州) or Anshū (安州).
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Origin & history
The Story of Anshu
As a girl name
Anshu first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2003, with 8 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2010, when 13 Anshus were born — ranking #8,699 that year. As of 2026, Anshu ranks #15,082 for girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 138 Anshus have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Anshu first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 2004, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2004, when 5 Anshus were born — ranking #11,354 that year. As of 2026, Anshu ranks #12,551 for boys with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 10 Anshus have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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About the name Anshu
Anshu is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2003 and has accumulated 138 births in the dataset. Anshu's peak popularity came in 2010 when it ranked #8,699. Use the chart and map above to compare Anshu's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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