Girls' name · since 1989
Anushka
1,703 babies named Anushka in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,244 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,651 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,703
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Anushka is the #7651 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,703 recorded since 1989.
Social Security Administration records show Anushka recorded 1,703 times among girls since 1989, holding rank #7651 nationally today, ahead of 56% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #5,244 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,651 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,703 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anushka ranks #5,244 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,651 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,703 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,244 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,651 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,703
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anushka's 1,703 recorded births place it above 92.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
16 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Anushka compares
1,703 Top 25% higher than 75% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Anushka's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anushka | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,703 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 126 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anushka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Anushka's full recorded timeline at 2008, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1993, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 126 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Anushka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 126
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Anushka by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (834 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Anushka's strongest decade.
834 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Anushka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s 103
1990s
103 births
- 2000s
2000s
834 births
- 2010s
2010s
646 births
- 2020s 103
2020s
103 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 834 births (49% of all-time use).
How Anushka compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Anushka's total volume
Anushka by state
Where Anushka concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 296 | 17.4% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 143 | 8.4% |
| #3 | Texas | | 89 | 5.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 85 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 55 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 30 | 1.8% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 25 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 23 | 1.4% |
296 of 1,703 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Anushka appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Anushka's data
- Anushka's decade-level peak was the 2000s (834 total births); usage has since declined to 103 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Anushkas (296 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Anushka
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Anushka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1989–2025 (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 Anushka 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.