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Anand

Boys' name · Late 20th-century · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~1,900 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#5,861 among boys
Births in 2025
28 1,932 since 1880
Typical age
28 years, median

Anand popularity over time

Anand rank by birth year, 1966–2025Anand ranked #3,948 in 1966 and #5,861 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,227, in 1980.#5,861best #1,227 in 1980197019801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1966–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Anand in 1980 than in any other year — 56 of them. The name does not appear in the data until 1966. The 2025 position is #5,861, on 28 births.

Year on year the rank dropped by 1789.

Babies named Anand per yearPeaks at 56 births in 1980.56 in 19800197019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Anand?

An estimated 1,900 living Americans are called Anand. That is out of 1,932 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Anand?

Half of living Anands are older than 28, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 1980s. By the site’s era rules that makes Anand a late 20th-century name.

Your Anand

Ages of living people named AnandHalf of living Anands are older than 28 and half younger.median 2802040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Anand is most common

Anand is 2.3× as common in California as it is nationally.

Where Anand is used more than average1 states use the name Anand more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 2.3× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Anand is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
California 73 2.3×

Is Anand a boy's or a girl's name?

2% girls98% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

The name leans boys, but 10.4% of births in the last decade were girls. Across the whole record, 1.6% of births under the name were girls.

Anand in England and Wales

ONS recorded 20 births named Anand in 2025, ranking it #2,138. That is 6.7× higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Anand comes from

English Wiktionary: given name from Sanskrit.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Notable people named Anand

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Anand Panyarachun Thai politician 1932 28
Anand Satyanand 19th Governor General of New Zealand 1944 27
Anand Bakshi Indian poet and lyricist 1930–2002 18
Anand Mahindra Indian businessman, born 1955 1955 18
Anand Amritraj Indian tennis player 1952 16
Anand Tucker British film director and producer 1963 13
Anand Kumar Indian mathematician 1973 12
Anand Sharma Indian politician 1953 10
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Anand

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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