Unisex name · since 1973
Anant
385 babies named Anant in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,215 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,754 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 385
- born since 1973
- 2020s
- peak decade
385 babies have been named Anant since 1973, making it today's #4754 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anant has been recorded 385 times among boys since 1973, currently ranked #4754 nationally and more common than 66% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #9,215 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,754 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 385 born since 1973
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anant ranks #9,215 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,754 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 385 born since 1973, peaking in the 2020s.
- #9,215 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,754 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 385
- born since 1973
- 2020s
- peak decade
Anant's 385 recorded births place it above 79.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Anant compares
385 Top 50% higher than 50% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Anant's all-time total is 4% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anant | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 385 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 34 | 22,252 |
Anant's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Anant's full recorded timeline at 2006, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Anant popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Anant popularity over time - girls
22 total births recorded since 2023 (Anant as girls' name)
Anant by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (99 births, 26% of the file).
2020s was Anant's strongest decade.
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Anant births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s 31
1980s
31 births
- 1990s
1990s
55 births
- 2000s
2000s
93 births
- 2010s
2010s
94 births
- 2020s
2020s
99 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 99 births (26% of all-time use).
Anant by state
Where Anant concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 31 | 8.1% |
31 of 385 births nationwide.
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- California records the most Anants (31 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Anant: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~52 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1973–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Anant draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.