Anuhea
Feminine · “Hawaiian "cool fragrance”
Anuhea is a Hawaiian compound and both halves are ordinary words. Anu is cool or coolness; hea is a word that appears in compounds about fragrance and calling. Together they name a cool fragrance — the specific sensation of scented air in the uplands, which is a thing Hawaiian has a word for and English does not.
How old is the name Anuhea?
Anuhea first appears in US birth records in 1995 — 30 years ago. The typical Anuhea is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Anuhea are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Anuhea most popular?
Anuhea peaked in 2015, reaching #3989 nationally. Today it ranks #7133, 3,144 places below that high. See the whole 2015 chart.
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Where it comes from
From anu + hea to Anuhea
The story of Anuhea
Hawaiian personal names are typically phrases rather than inherited words, and they are frequently made new for each child, describing a circumstance of birth, a place, or something observed. Anuhea belongs to the class describing the natural world: Leilani, heavenly garland; Kaimana, the power of the sea; Nohealani, beauty of the heavens; Anuhea, cool fragrance. That the words remain transparent is the important structural difference from European naming, where meanings have been lost for centuries. The 2015 American peak is small and reflects Hawaiian and Pacific Islander families.
Meaning
Hawaiian "cool fragrance"
Anuhea is documented in Hawaiian dictionaries as cool and fragrant, said of upland air and of the plants that scent it. It is also the Hawaiian name of a native mint. The compound is transparent to speakers, which is characteristic of Hawaiian naming — the words are still words.
How the name formed
- anu + hea
- Anuhea
Related forms: Anuhea
Pronouncing Anuhea
ah-noo-HEH-ah
Four syllables with every vowel pronounced separately and no reduction — Hawaiian has no reduced vowels. The stress falls on the third syllable. English speakers tend to compress it to three, uh-NOO-hay-uh.
Nicknames for Anuhea
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1995
- Most girls named
- 201537 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3989reached in 2015
- Change vs 2024
- −40.0%15 in 2025, from 25
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Anuhea in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Anuhea in Hawaiian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Hawaii, Washington.
Anuheas among us
people named Anuhea are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 107,151 born in 2025 was named Anuhea
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jeniece test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Anuhea's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jeniece climbed just as high around 1984, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jeniece's path sketches the road Anuhea is walking now.
Anuhea sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Anuhea beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Anuhea in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is settled, specific and describes something English cannot say in one word.
- Every syllable is open, which makes it unusually musical.
- It is genuinely Hawaiian rather than a Hawaiian-sounding construction.
- English speakers reduce the vowels, which changes the word considerably.
- Four syllables and six letters look mismatched to an English reader.
- Hawaiian names given outside Hawaiian families raise questions worth considering.
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Frequently asked
- How many Anuheas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Anuhea are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Anuhea in 2025?
- Anuhea ranks #7133 among US girl names in 2025, with 15 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Anuhea?
- About 1 in every 107,151 US girls born in 2025 was named Anuhea — 15 in all.
- Will my child share the name Anuhea with classmates?
- Anuhea will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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