How rare is the name Anish?

4,400 people in the United States have the first name Anish, about 1 in 68,644. It ranks #4,310 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ANISH

#4,310

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,400
About
1 in 68,644
This common or more
83.9%
Who bears it

Of the 4,400 people named Anish, 94.8% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2% as White. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Anish peaked in 2010, when 184 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19702025
Peak year
2010
Births that year
184
In 2025*
13 ▼93%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,109 babies have been given the name since 1970. 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.

Anish by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,696. The largest share of babies named Anish, 62.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#9,66676
1980s#6,537192
1990s#5,645332
2000s#2,6961,347
2010s#3,557997
2020s#8,371165
Generation X 1965–802.8%
Millennials 1981–9612%
Generation Z 1997–1262.4%
2013 and later22.8%

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.

Where Anish is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Anish has been most common in New Jersey (6×), California (2.8×), and Virginia (2.2×), and least common in Ohio (0.47×).

1,771 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Anish

1 other first name also has 4,400 people.

#4,310 Blaire · 4,400

Either side of Anish

#4,306 Selvin · 4,402#4,309 Jonatan · 4,401#4,310 Blaire · 4,400#4,312 Elora · 4,399

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,456 Anisa · 6,013#3,784 Anisha · 5,240#8,061 Ansh · 1,824#9,683 Anis · 1,422#12,045 Anise · 1,046#13,509 Anush · 892#16,403 Anisah · 688

Also a last name

As a last name, Anish ranks #76,719 of 156,621, with 270 people. See Anish as a last name

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