Anirudh — #4784 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Anirudh

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,520 babies named Anirudh between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Anirudh currently holds the #4784 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 80 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Anirudh performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 657 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Anirudh shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 334 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Anirudh in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Anirudh 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 1,520 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.