Anushka — #6039 US girls' name
1,689 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.
More common than 66% of names given to girls today.
49% of everyone ever named Anushka was born in this single decade.
126 babies were named Anushka in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anushka
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,689 babies named Anushka between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anushka currently holds the #6039 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 126 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anushka performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 834 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Anushka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 296 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Anushka in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anushka 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 1,689 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.
Anushka at a glance
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Current rank
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Anushka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (2009)
- 126
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #6039 among girls.
1,689 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 126 births in a single year.
Anushka by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 834 births that decade — 49% of Anushka's all-time total
Anushka decade highlights
- Peak decade 834 births
- Runner-up 646 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Anushka's strongest decade
834 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Anushka by state
Where Anushka concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 296 | 17.5% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 143 | 8.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 89 | 5.3% |
| #4 | New York | | 85 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 55 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 30 | 1.8% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 25 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 23 | 1.4% |
296 of 1,689 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 17.5% of nationwide
- New Jersey 8.5% of nationwide
- Texas 5.3% of nationwide
- New York 5.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 17.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Anushka appears in 16 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, 1989–2024 (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.