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Ansh

Boys' name · Current · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~2,200 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#2,108 among boys
Births in 2025
69 2,244 since 1880
Typical age
11 years, median

Ansh popularity over time

Ansh rank by birth year, 1998–2025Ansh ranked #8,479 in 1998 and #2,108 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,273, in 2012.#10,000#2,108best #1,273 in 2012200020052010201520202025
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1998–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2012 is the peak year for Ansh, with 138 births. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1998. As of 2025 the name sits at #2,108, with 69 births that year.

The ten-year change is -38%. It slipped 230 places against the previous year.

Babies named Ansh per yearPeaks at 138 births in 2012.138 in 20120200020052010201520202025
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Ansh?

About 2,200 people named Ansh are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 2,244 births under the name 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 Ansh?

Half of living Anshs are older than 11, half younger. The 2010s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Ansh a current name.

Your Ansh

Ages of living people named AnshHalf of living Anshs are older than 11 and half younger.median 11020
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Ansh is most common

New Jersey uses the name 7.2× as often as the country as a whole. Illinois, California and Georgia follow.

Where Ansh is used more than average4 states use the name Ansh 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: 1.8× the national rateILWisconsin: 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: 7.2× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.4× 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: 1.3× the national rateGAHawaii: 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 Ansh is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Jersey 151 7.2×
Illinois 53 1.8×
California 141 1.4×
Georgia 35 1.3×

Ansh in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Ansh ranked #1,153 in 2025 on 25 births. That is 79% 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 Ansh comes from

From Sanskrit अंश.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

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

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