Anum
Anum is an Guan community in Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region of Ghana, across from the Volta Lake. Asikuma is a town under the paramountcy of Anum the town is popularly known for the West African Fish ltd. Which is all about high quality fish, well-managed production and state of the art recirculation technology. The town has an L/A Junior high school.
Meaning & Origin of Anum
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Anum is an Guan community in Asuogyaman District of the Eastern Region of Ghana, across from the Volta Lake. Asikuma is a town under the paramountcy of Anum the town is popularly known for the West African Fish ltd. Which is all about high quality fish, well-managed production and state of the art recirculation technology. The town has an L/A Junior high school.
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The Story of Anum
Anum first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1988, with 17 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1992: 32 births, good for #3,419 nationwide. About 37% of every Anum on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Anum last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 607 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Anum
Anum is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1988 and has accumulated 607 births in the dataset. Anum's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #3,419. Use the chart and map above to compare Anum'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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