Ananda
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · Last seen for boys in 2020 at #8,739
Given to girls 93.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2002 · 128 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,624since 1968
Ananda over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | #8,739 | 8 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | #8,393 | 13 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,255 | 20 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #7,456 | 16 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,207 | 26 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #4,974 | 28 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,226 | 27 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #4,448 | 34 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #2,930 | 61 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,564 | 44 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,081 | 51 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #2,808 | 57 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,497 | 65 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,483 | 128 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,660 | 109 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #1,551 | 115 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,667 | 99 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,921 | 79 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,259 | 60 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,361 | 34 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,670 | 19 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,730 | 22 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,366 | 22 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #2,612 | 29 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #3,110 | 22 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,208 | 20 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | — | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Ananda! It came in at #6,246, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2017, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Ananda is popular in 2002
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Alabama#571 · 1 in 3,250
- South Carolina#608 · 1 in 3,301
- North Carolina#735 · 1 in 4,827
- Maryland#770 · 1 in 4,751
- Georgia#903 · 1 in 6,051
Best ever in a state: #461 in Washington, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #571 | 6 | 1 in 3,250 |
| South Carolina | #608 | 5 | 1 in 3,301 |
| North Carolina | #735 | 9 | 1 in 4,827 |
| Maryland | #770 | 5 | 1 in 4,751 |
| Georgia | #903 | 8 | 1 in 6,051 |
| New Jersey | #932 | 6 | 1 in 6,868 |
| Florida | #1,036 | 10 | 1 in 7,702 |
| New York | #1,163 | 11 | 1 in 8,807 |
| Illinois | #1,562 | 5 | 1 in 13,736 |
| Texas | #2,443 | 6 | 1 in 25,991 |
| California | #2,611 | 7 | 1 in 31,818 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ananda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 2002 at #1,483 (128 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 14,038 girls born in 2002 were named Ananda (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 42.5% of all girls named Ananda (691) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2017, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15 | #5,057 (1969) | #5,652 |
| 1970s | 199 | #2,612 (1975) | #3,479 |
| 1980s | 173 | #3,647 (1982) | #4,540 |
| 1990s | 349 | #1,667 (1999) | #5,021 |
| 2000s | 691 | #1,483 (2002) | #2,925 |
| 2010s | 155 | #4,974 (2010) | #7,514 |
| 2020s | 42 | #9,616 (2023) | #11,046 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ananda in 2002
Top girls' names in 2002
More about 2002
girls
1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 14,038 of them was named Ananda, which outranked 91.8% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,480Betty129
- #1,480Magaly129
- #1,480Myranda129
- #1,483Ananda128
- #1,483Alli128
- #1,483Gracelyn128
- #1,483Jessi128
- #1,493Ania127
- #1,493Ayah127
- #1,493Jessika127
Tied with 9 names at #1,483; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.