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Anand

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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
Babies named Anand, by year of birthboys
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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

Decadeboys named Anand
1960s34
1970s292
1980s430
1990s323
2000s403
2010s284
2020s120

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.

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.