Boys' name · since 1984
Ananth
Ananth has 240 recorded births since 1984 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,901 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,051 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 240
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ananth currently ranks #11051 among boys' names in America, with 240 babies recorded since 1984.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ananth has been recorded 240 times among boys since 1984, currently ranked #11051 nationally and more common than 21% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #11,901 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,051 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 240 born since 1984
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ananth ranks #11,901 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,051 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 240 born since 1984, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,901 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,051 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 240
- born since 1984
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ananth's 240 recorded births place it above 73.78% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ananth compares
240 41st percentile among 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
Ananth's all-time total is 35% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ananth | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 240 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ananth's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ananth's full recorded timeline at 2010, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ananth popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Ananth by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (104 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Ananth's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Ananth births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
104 births
- 2010s
2010s
64 births
- 2020s 40
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 104 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Ananth's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (104 total births) through the 2020s (40) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ananth: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1984–2025 (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 Ananth 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.