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
- Peak · boys
- 1980 · 56 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,902since 1966
Anand over time
Rank among boys' names. Anand has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 | #5,861 | 15 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | #4,072 | 26 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | #4,220 | 25 |
| 2022 | — | #3,879 | 28 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,362 | 23 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,855 | 19 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,794 | 28 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,524 | 31 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,586 | 30 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,358 | 33 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,513 | 31 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,297 | 33 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,753 | 27 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,251 | 23 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,695 | 28 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,678 | 20 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,721 | 28 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,879 | 41 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,811 | 42 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,881 | 39 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,614 | 42 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,569 | 42 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,349 | 45 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,504 | 39 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,249 | 45 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,379 | 40 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,462 | 36 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,157 | 42 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,449 | 33 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,145 | 39 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,500 | 30 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,847 | 25 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,455 | 30 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,303 | 32 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,406 | 29 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,488 | 27 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,027 | 35 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,645 | 43 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,655 | 41 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,873 | 32 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,614 | 39 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,481 | 42 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,375 | 46 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,278 | 53 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,456 | 43 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,227 | 56 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,487 | 40 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,616 | 34 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,645 | 33 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,346 | 43 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,407 | 39 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,582 | 31 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,514 | 32 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,158 | 18 | |
| 1971 | — | #2,973 | 11 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,891 | 11 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,549 | 12 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,907 | 9 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
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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.
Where Anand is popular in 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#564 · 1 in 8,546
- Illinois#734 · 1 in 12,344
- New York#773 · 1 in 12,504
- California#1,338 · 1 in 32,045
Best ever in a state: #383 in New Jersey, 1982.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #564 | 5 | 1 in 8,546 |
| Illinois | #734 | 7 | 1 in 12,344 |
| New York | #773 | 9 | 1 in 12,504 |
| California | #1,338 | 6 | 1 in 32,045 |
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See more about Anand
- 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)
- Debuted 1966
- Peaked 1980 at #1,227 (56 births)
- Births halved by 1990, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 22.6% of all boys named Anand (430) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34 | #2,549 (1969) | #3,097 |
| 1970s | 292 | #1,346 (1976) | #1,862 |
| 1980s | 430 | #1,227 (1980) | #1,563 |
| 1990s | 323 | #2,145 (1996) | #2,421 |
| 2000s | 403 | #2,249 (2001) | #2,696 |
| 2010s | 284 | #3,297 (2014) | #3,745 |
| 2020s | 136 | #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 1980
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 31,856 of them was named Anand, which outranked 83.2% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,214Rasheen57
- #1,214Tavon57
- #1,214Tuan57
- #1,227Anand56
- #1,227Adonis56
- #1,227Donavon56
- #1,227Edmundo56
- #1,238Alonso55
- #1,238Benedict55
- #1,238Benton55
Tied with 10 names at #1,227; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.