girls:
8 births since 2023
#5708 (0th percentile)
boys:
1.9k births since 1966
#2901 (37th percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1966
#5891 (24th percentile)
The name Anand is the #5,891 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,869 recorded births since 1966. This represents the 23.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,901 (36.7% percentile) for all time with 1,861 births since 1966. For girls, it ranks #5,708 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 8 births since 2023.
Anand first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1966 (1966 for boys and 2023 for girls).
The name Anand has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.6% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 75.8% of babies named Anand were boys.
For boys, Anand reached its peak popularity in 1980, achieving the 7.5% percentile (ranked #630) with 30 births per million. The name was most common in 1980, with 30 births per million (ranked 7.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Anand ranks #891 for boys (2.2% percentile) with 14 births per million, which is 45.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Anand reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #944) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). Currently, Anand is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #944 (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Anand".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Anand. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 34.1% confident that Anand is pronounced as uh-NAHND, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-NUHND, at 22.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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