Anand
Anand is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 25 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 250.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 198056 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1966
- 1,886people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,886 boys have been named Anand in the United States since 1966, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1980, with 56 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1996, and the 1980s alone account for 23%.
By decade
In 1980, its biggest year
Anand was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1980 were Michael, Christopher, Jason, David and James. See all of 1980.
Names that rose and fell with Anand
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rashidpeak 1996
- Kawikapeak 1992
- Jaminpeak 1979
- Panagiotispeak 1983
- Dimitriospeak 1976
- Quanpeak 1995
- Jassonpeak 1976
- Alikapeak 1998
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.