Anand

#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to boys 98.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
1980 · 56 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,902
since 1966

Anand over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Anand has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201971peak #1,227, 1980boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,88513#5,86115
2024#10,2719#4,07226
2023#11,1698#4,22025
2022#3,87928
2021#4,36223
2020#4,85519
2019#3,79428
2018#3,52431
2017#3,58630
2016#3,35833
2015#3,51331
2014#3,29733
2013#3,75327
2012#4,25123
2011#3,69528
2010#4,67820
2009#3,72128
2008#2,87941
2007#2,81142
2006#2,88139
2005#2,61442
2004#2,56942
2003#2,34945
2002#2,50439
2001#2,24945
2000#2,37940
1999#2,46236
1998#2,15742
1997#2,44933
1996#2,14539
1995#2,50030
1994#2,84725
1993#2,45530
1992#2,30332
1991#2,40629
1990#2,48827
1989#2,02735
1988#1,64543
1987#1,65541
1986#1,87332
1985#1,61439
1984#1,48142
1983#1,37546
1982#1,27853
1981#1,45643
1980#1,22756
1979#1,48740
1978#1,61634
1977#1,64533
1976#1,34643
1975#1,40739
1974#1,58231
1973#1,51432
1972#2,15818
1971#2,97311
1970#2,89111
1969#2,54912
1968#2,9079
1967#2,9858
1966#3,9485
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First appearance
1966

The first year at least five boys were named Anand! It came in at #3,948, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1966, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Anand
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,789 spots since 2024 (#4,072#5,861)
  • 1,006 spots since 2020 (#4,855#5,861)
  • 2,348 spots since 2015 (#3,513#5,861)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1966
  • Peaked 1980 at #1,227 (56 births)
  • Births halved by 1990, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 31,856
  • Highest: 1 in 31,856 boys born in 1980 were named Anand (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 22.6% of all boys named Anand (430) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s34#2,549 (1969)#3,097
1970s292#1,346 (1976)#1,862
1980s430#1,227 (1980)#1,563
1990s323#2,145 (1996)#2,421
2000s403#2,249 (2001)#2,696
2010s284#3,297 (2014)#3,745
2020s136#3,879 (2022)#4,542

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Anand in 1971

boys
#2,973
11 births · 1 in 160,768 boys

Top boys' names in 1971

  1. #1Michael77,577
  2. #2James54,597
  3. #3David53,113
  4. #4John51,512
  5. #5Robert50,634
  6. #6Christopher48,225
  7. #7William35,413
  8. #8Jason34,173
  9. #9Brian32,624
  10. #10Scott30,901
  11. #2,973Anand11
More about 1971

boys

1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 160,768 of them was named Anand, which outranked 47.4% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anand
  1. #2,813Wellington12
  2. #2,813Yale12
  3. #2,813Yvonne12
  4. #2,973Anand11
  5. #2,973Algie11
  6. #2,973Amanda11
  7. #2,973Ames11
  8. #3,146Addam10
  9. #3,146Adriel10
  10. #3,146Akil10

Tied with 172 names at #2,973; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. 754Germaine#1,582#828
  2. 626Jeramie#1,546#920
  3. 512Jeremey#1,396#884
  4. 473Jarod#1,337#864
  5. 454Jamel#1,374#920
Fallers
  1. 328Adolph#926#1,254
  2. 272Dwane#1,000#1,272
  3. 266Bronson#861#1,127
  4. 244Mitch#921#1,165
  5. 242Enrico#839#1,081

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1971