Anush
Enos or Enosh is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. He is described as the first son of Seth who figures in the Generations of Adam, and is also referred to within the genealogies of 1 Chronicles.
- Armenian
Meaning & Origin of Anush
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Enos or Enosh is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. He is described as the first son of Seth who figures in the Generations of Adam, and is also referred to within the genealogies of 1 Chronicles.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Armenian
The Story of Anush
As a girl name
Anush first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 2024, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2024: 5 births, good for #15,243 nationwide. Anush last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2020s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Anush first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 2004, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2011: 11 births, good for #7,008 nationwide. About 69% of every Anush on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Anush last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 85 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Anush
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Anush. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Anush
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About the name Anush
Anush is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2004 and has accumulated 85 births in the dataset. Anush's peak popularity came in 2011 when it ranked #7,008. Use the chart and map above to compare Anush'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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