Anish — #4332 US boys' name
3,095 babies named Anish in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 70% of names given to boys today.
43% of everyone ever named Anish was born in this single decade.
184 babies were named Anish in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anish
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,095 babies named Anish between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Anish currently holds the #4332 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 184 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anish performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,346 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Anish shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 507 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Anish in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anish 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 3,095 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.
Anish at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Anish popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1970
- Peak year (2010)
- 184
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
Currently ranks #4332 among boys.
3,095 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 184 births in a single year.
Anish by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,346 births that decade — 43% of Anish's all-time total
Anish decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,346 births
- Runner-up 997 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Anish's strongest decade
1,346 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Anish by state
Where Anish concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 507 | 16.4% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 296 | 9.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 198 | 6.4% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 130 | 4.2% |
| #5 | New York | | 109 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 96 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 89 | 2.9% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 65 | 2.1% |
507 of 3,095 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 19 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 16.4% of nationwide
- New Jersey 9.6% of nationwide
- Texas 6.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.2% of nationwide
- New York 3.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 19 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 16.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Anish appears in 19 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.