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Anand

#5,870 in 2025Boys' name

Joy, delight, pleasure

Anand has been given to 1,932 babies in the U.S. since 1966. In 2025 it ranked #5,870 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1980, with 56 recorded.

Babies named Anand, 2025

1 in 221,000

Anand over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Anand: meaning, origin, and history

Joy, delight, pleasure

Sanskrit

What Anand means

Anand means “joy, delight, pleasure”, associated with ānanda.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Sanskrit आनन्द (ānanda, “joy, delight, pleasure”).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Anand (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Anand is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

Anand comes through Sanskrit आनन्द.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Anand is pronounced /ˈɑːnənd/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,902 boys were recorded with the name Anand between 1966 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 56 in 1980; its best national rank was #1,228 in 1980.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,862 in 2020 to #5,870 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,515 in 2015 to #5,870 in 2025.

In the United States, 30 girls were recorded with the name Anand between 2023 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2025; its best national rank was #7,921 in 2025.

How common is Anand?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 221,000
15 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 114,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,870
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
153,194 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Anand sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 153,194 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Anand. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Anands were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Anand was born before 1996 — so the typical Anand is around 29 today.

Median birth year
1996
About 29 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
22.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
41.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,902
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 22.6% of all recorded uses (430).

Is Anand rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,790
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,008
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,355
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.48×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
26.8%
Peak was 1980 (56)
Years since peak
45
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,228
1980

Spellings of Anand

Anand is not the most common spelling — Alan is, with 79.6% against Anand's 0.42%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Anand is used

Across 1910–2025, Anand was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 115,955 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Illinois1 in 100,000
  3. 3New Jersey1 in 100,000
  4. 4New York1 in 100,000
  5. 5Florida1 in —
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in —
  7. 7Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Anand has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Anand around the world

Where Anand ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #2,952
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2006–2009
    #701
    in 2009
  • France
    1982–2025
    #6,228
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1992–2024
    #1,614
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1975–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Anand by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,870
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,008
Best rank ever
#1,228
1980
Peak year
1980
56 that year
First recorded
1966
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,902
Count in 2025
15

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,921
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#7,921
2025
Peak year
2025
13 that year
First recorded
2023
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
30
Count in 2025
13

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Sibling names for Anand

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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