Ankush — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ankush

The Social Security Administration has registered 163 babies named Ankush between 1986 and 2017, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ankush currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ankush performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ankush shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ankush in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ankush 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 163 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.