Anupama

Girls' name

Feminine form of Anupam

Anupama has been given to 177 babies in the U.S. since 1969. 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 1977, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Anupama, 2015

1 in 740,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Anupama: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Anupam

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Anupama means

Anupama is a feminine form of Anupam.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Anupama is used in Hindi.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Anupam.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 177 girls were recorded with the name Anupama between 1969 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1977; its best national rank was #4,675 in 1977.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Anupama?

Anupama had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2015, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2015: 1 in 740,000; 5 of 3,701,574 births
Among girls only: 1 in 357,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2015: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 513,148 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Anupama 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 2015 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 513,148 children born in 2015 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Anupama. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Anupamas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Anupama was born before 1980 — so the typical Anupama is around 45 today.

Median birth year: 1980; About 45 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 44.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 29.9%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 177; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 44.1% of all recorded uses (78).

Is Anupama 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 1977 (14)
Years since peak: 48; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 39.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,675; 1977

Anupama 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: #4,675; 1977
Peak year: 1977; 14 that year
First recorded: 1969
Last recorded: 2015
All-time count: 177
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Anupama

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

Anushree Ruchama Anuhea Anushri Anushka Anuradha Maryama Anureet Alabama Anuja Anuoluwa Salama Naama Ruhama Anum Anuri Elisama Anuhya Mariama Anusha Anuska Adama Anuoluwapo Anujin

Sibling names for Anupama

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

Jason Kevin Sommer Tamar Salina Jamila Corrie Shanta

For a brother

Torrey Tory Rodrick Delvin Cedrick Jamey Donny Jed

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