Ananda · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ananda.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1968

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 56 recorded years as a table

Ananda, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1968	4
1969	5
1970	11
1971	9
1972	11
1973	10
1974	15
1975	20
1976	12
1977	14
1978	14
1979	14
1980	8
1981	11
1982	13
1983	11
1984	8
1985	13
1986	9
1987	9
1988	10
1989	10
1990	8
1991	6
1992	9
1993	7
1994	7
1995	5
1996	19
1997	34
1998	45
1999	56
2000	63
2001	61
2002	71
2003	36
2004	31
2005	28
2006	23
2007	32
2008	18
2009	15
2010	16
2011	15
2012	9
2013	11
2014	9
2015	10
2016	7
2018	7
2019	4
2020	6
2021	4
2022	6
2023	6
2024	4

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 2024: 6
Rank in 2024: #13,477
How rare: 1 in 270,031 girls
Since 1968: 1,624

Ananda was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 2002, at 71 per million girls 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.