Ananth

#10,779 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Ananta

Ananth has been given to 240 babies in the U.S. since 1984. In 2025 it ranked #10,779 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2004, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Ananth, 2025

1 in 553,000

Ananth over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ananth: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Ananta

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ananth means

Ananth is a form of Ananta.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Ananth → Ananta → अनन्त. The family’s meaning is “not, un- + limit, boundary”, recorded in Sanskrit with the source elements अन्- and अन्त.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ananta.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 240 boys were recorded with the name Ananth between 1984 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2004; its best national rank was #5,254 in 2004.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #12,140 in 2020 to #10,779 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,689 in 2015 to #10,779 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ananth?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 553,000; 6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 285,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #10,779; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 382,984 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ananth 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 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ananth. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ananths were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ananth was born before 2008 — so the typical Ananth is around 17 today.

Median birth year: 2008; About 17 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 43.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 83.3%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 240; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 43.3% of all recorded uses (104).

Is Ananth 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: −3,497; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +1,361; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: −4,090; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.50×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 40.0%; Peak was 2004 (15)
Years since peak: 21; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 33.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,254; 2004

Spellings of Ananth

Ananth is not the most common spelling — Anand is, with 25.0% against Ananth's 3.2%.

Anand25.0%1,902
Asante16.4%1,246
Arath15.2%1,154
Ayansh14.3%1,088
Avante10.6%803
Avant8.5%642
Alante6.9%521
Ananth3.2%240

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.

Ananth around the world

Where Ananth 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
2015–2015
#4,747
in 2015
South Australia
1988–2010
#754
in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ananth by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,779
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,361
Best rank ever: #5,254; 2004
Peak year: 2004; 15 that year
First recorded: 1984
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 240
Count in 2025: 6

Names similar to Ananth

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Anatole Anant Anakyn Anais Anari Anav Ananda Anael Ananias Anagh Anatoly Anan Anania Anand Vedanth Anacleto Anabel Anay Anakin Vikranth Anani Jayanth Anastasio Anaiah

Sibling names for Ananth

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

For a sister

Sydnie Sydni Shyann Gabriel Shakira Cydney Jacquelin Madisen

For a brother

Kale Jarod Keven Zakary Garret Samual Donavon Shamar

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