girls:
13 births since 2023
#5703 (0th percentile)
boys:
342 births since 1973
#4244 (7th percentile)
overall:
355 births since 1973
#7384 (5th percentile)
The name Anant is the #7,384 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 355 recorded births since 1973. This represents the 4.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,244 (7.4% percentile) for all time with 342 births since 1973. For girls, it ranks #5,703 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 13 births since 2023.
Anant first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1973 (1973 for boys and 2023 for girls). Birth data for Anant is available in 36 out of the 51 years between 1973 and 2023 (36 years for boys and 1 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Anant has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 58.1% of babies named Anant were boys.
For boys, Anant reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #898) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Anant is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #898 (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million.
For girls, Anant reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #939) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). Currently, Anant is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #939 (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Anant".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Anant. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.8% confident that Anant is pronounced as uh-NAHNT, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-NUHNT, at 27.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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