Ankur — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ankur

The Social Security Administration has registered 668 babies named Ankur between 1974 and 2016, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ankur currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ankur performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 289 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ankur shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 59 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Ankur in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ankur 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 668 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.