Boys' name · since 2000
Anshuman
54 babies named Anshuman in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,610 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 54
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
54 boys have been named Anshuman since 2000, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Anshuman has 54 recorded births among boys since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2024.
- #21,610 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 54 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anshuman ranks #21,610 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 54 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,610 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 54
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anshuman's 54 recorded births place it above 52.24% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Anshuman's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Anshuman's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2010, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Anshuman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2024
- Peak year (2007)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Anshuman by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (33 births, 61% of the file).
2000s was Anshuman's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Anshuman births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
33 births
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 33 births (61% of all-time use).
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- Anshuman's decade-level peak was the 2000s (33 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Anshuman: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2000–2024 (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 Anshuman 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.