Anand — #4221 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Anand

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,886 babies named Anand between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Anand currently holds the #4221 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 56 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Anand performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 430 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Anand shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 270 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Anand in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Anand in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,886 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.