Ankur
Last seen for boys in 2016 at #12,185
- Peak · boys
- 1981 · 40 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 668since 1974
Ankur over time
Rank among boys' names. Ankur 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 | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
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| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #8,324 | 9 |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #7,998 | 9 |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | #3,597 | 20 |
| 1997 | #3,877 | 17 |
| 1996 | #3,107 | 23 |
| 1995 | #3,693 | 17 |
| 1994 | #2,766 | 26 |
| 1993 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1992 | #3,748 | 16 |
| 1991 | #2,828 | 23 |
| 1990 | #2,695 | 24 |
| 1989 | #2,615 | 24 |
| 1988 | #2,146 | 29 |
| 1987 | #2,400 | 23 |
| 1986 | #2,007 | 29 |
| 1985 | #2,071 | 27 |
| 1984 | #2,036 | 26 |
| 1983 | #2,208 | 23 |
| 1982 | #1,677 | 35 |
| 1981 | #1,520 | 40 |
| 1980 | #1,726 | 33 |
| 1979 | #1,833 | 30 |
| 1978 | #2,473 | 18 |
| 1977 | #2,458 | 18 |
| 1976 | #2,601 | 16 |
| 1975 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #4,190 | 7 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Ankur! It came in at #4,190, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2010, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Ankur
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2016
- Debuted 1974
- Peaked 1981 at #1,520 (40 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 44,779 boys born in 1981 were named Ankur (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 379,548 boys born in 2016 (0.00%)
- 43.3% of all boys named Ankur (289) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 98 | #1,833 (1979) | #2,869 |
| 1980s | 289 | #1,520 (1981) | #2,041 |
| 1990s | 193 | #2,695 (1990) | #3,557 |
| 2000s | 77 | #6,715 (2003) | #8,790 |
| 2010s | 11 | #10,808 (2011) | #11,497 |
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.
Ankur in 1983
Top boys' names in 1983
More about 1983
boys
1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 77,938 of them was named Ankur, which outranked 69.9% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,140Wilford24
- #2,140Yancey24
- #2,140Zacharia24
- #2,208Ankur23
- #2,208Alejandra23
- #2,208Ana23
- #2,208Anastacio23
- #2,272Amer22
- #2,272Ames22
- #2,272Aren22
Tied with 63 names at #2,208; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.