How rare is the name Anusha?

3,937 people in the United States have the first name Anusha, about 1 in 76,716. It ranks #4,648 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ANUSHA

#4,648

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,937
About
1 in 76,716
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 3,937 people named Anusha, 95.4% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2.3% as White. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Anusha peaked in 2003, when 72 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19882024
Peak year
2003
Births that year
72
In 2024
8 ▼89%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,164 babies have been given the name since 1988. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Anusha by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #4,612. The largest share of babies named Anusha, 75.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1980s#29,8365
1990s#8,228194
2000s#4,612626
2010s#8,386281
2020s#16,52158
Millennials 1981–966.6%
Generation Z 1997–1275.3%
2013 and later18%

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.

Exactly as common as Anusha

1 other first name also has 3,937 people.

#4,648 Jyoti · 3,937

Either side of Anusha

#4,646 Adriano · 3,940#4,646 Lise · 3,940#4,648 Jyoti · 3,937#4,650 Simran · 3,936

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,784 Anisha · 5,240#7,194 Anushka · 2,142#13,509 Anush · 892#15,884 Anesha · 718#42,763 Anasha · 167#46,195 Anysha · 145

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