Annapurna

Girls' name

From Sanskrit अन्नपूर्णा; literal meaning unconfirmed

Annapurna has been given to 22 babies in the U.S. since 2015. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2015, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Annapurna, 2023

1 in 552,000

Annapurna over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Annapurna: meaning, origin, and history

From Sanskrit अन्नपूर्णा; literal meaning unconfirmed

Sanskrit

What Annapurna means

Annapurna is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Annapurna is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

Annapurna comes through Sanskrit अन्नपूर्णा.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 22 girls were recorded with the name Annapurna between 2015 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2015; its best national rank was #13,603 in 2023.

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.

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How common is Annapurna?

Annapurna had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023: 1 in 552,000; 6 of 3,314,783 births
Among girls only: 1 in 267,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2023: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 382,940 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Annapurna sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2023 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 382,940 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Annapurna. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Annapurnas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Annapurna was born before 2016 — so the typical Annapurna is around 9 today.

Median birth year: 2016; About 9 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 22; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (11).

Is Annapurna 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2015 (6)
Years since peak: 10; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 16.7% average annual change
Best rank ever: #13,603; 2023

Annapurna by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #13,603; 2023
Peak year: 2015; 6 that year
First recorded: 2015
Last recorded: 2023
All-time count: 22
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Annapurna

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Sibling names for Annapurna

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

Jessa Coraline Milana Karleigh Honesty Emmalyn Hadlee Elayna

For a brother

Caesar Taj Crosby Kolten Immanuel Raylan Emmet Blaze

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