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Anshu

UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Ray, beam, sunbeam

Anshu has been given to 148 babies in the U.S. since 2003. 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 2010, with 13 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% girls, 7% boys all-time.

Babies named Anshu, 2020

1 in 668,000

Anshu over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Anshu over time

In 2020, Anshu went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

20032020

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Anshu: meaning, origin, and history

Ray, beam, sunbeam

Sanskrit

What Anshu means

Anshu means “ray, beam, sunbeam”, associated with aṃśu.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Sanskrit अंशु (aṃśu, “ray, beam, sunbeam”).

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

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Anshu is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 138 girls were recorded with the name Anshu between 2003 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2010; its best national rank was #8,754 in 2010.

In the United States, 10 boys were recorded with the name Anshu between 2004 and 2008. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2004; its best national rank was #11,460 in 2004.

How common is Anshu?

Anshu had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2020, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2020
1 in 668,000
5 of 3,342,313 births
Among girls only
1 in 323,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2020
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
463,344 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Anshu 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 2020 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 463,344 children born in 2020 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Anshu. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Anshus were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Anshu was born before 2010 — so the typical Anshu is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
53.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
138
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 53.6% of all recorded uses (74).

Is Anshu 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
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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 2010 (13)
Years since peak
15
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
35.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#8,754
2010

Spellings of Anshu

Anshu is not the most common spelling — Aisha is, with 38.7% against Anshu's 0.20%.

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.

Anshu around the world

Where Anshu 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
    2009–2009
    #4,564
    in 2009
  • South Australia
    1991–1991
    #669
    in 1991

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.

Anshu 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
#8,754
2010
Peak year
2010
13 that year
First recorded
2003
Last recorded
2020
All-time count
138
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#11,460
2004
Peak year
2004
5 that year
First recorded
2004
Last recorded
2008
All-time count
10
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Anshu

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

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Sibling names for Anshu

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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