How rare is the name Anand?

6,114 people in the United States have the first name Anand, about 1 in 49,400. It ranks #3,417 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ANAND

#3,417

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,114
About
1 in 49,400
This common or more
82.3%
Who bears it

Of the 6,114 people named Anand, 89.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 4% as two or more races and 2.8% as White. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Anand peaked in 1980, when 56 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19662025
Peak year
1980
Births that year
56
In 2025*
28 ▼50%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,932 babies have been given the name since 1966. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Anand by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #3,798. The largest share of babies named Anand, 30.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#10,40434
1970s#4,177292
1980s#3,798430
1990s#5,751323
2000s#6,205403
2010s#8,315284
2020s#8,340166
Generation X 1965–8019.8%
Millennials 1981–9630.3%
Generation Z 1997–1230.3%
2013 and later19.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Anand

#3,415 Rowen · 6,134#3,416 Lyudmila · 6,130#3,418 Dashawn · 6,112#3,419 Digna · 6,108

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Anand, most common first.

#5,970 Ananda · 2,759#12,081 Anant · 1,042#29,625 Anandi · 298

Also a last name

As a last name, Anand ranks #5,458 of 156,621, with 6,160 people. See Anand as a last name

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