Ananda

Boy · recorded 1972–2020

  • 2020last recorded
  • 2015best year

Most popular in 2015.

Last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ananda.

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Its story

Popularity since 1972

03519721984199620082020

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 18 recorded years as a table
Ananda, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19724
19734
19754
19765
19774
19803
20013
20053
20083
20093
20113
20133
20155
20163
20173
20183
20193
20205

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ananda isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2020
8
Rank in 2020
#8,739
How rare
1 in 215,759 boys
Since 1972
111

Ananda was last recorded in 2020. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 2015, at 5 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ananda doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.