Ananda*
#4,907 most common girls' name of all time · #8,321 across all names · 6% male / 94% female · used 1968–2024 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#4,907
Rank overall
#8,321 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
1,735
Since 2016
104
Peak year
2002 #1,487
Best rank
#1,487 2002
Girls
Boys
peak 128/yr
Ananda first appears in 1968. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,820 |
| 2023 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,775 |
| 2022 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,845 |
| 2021 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,467 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8 | 17 | #10,439 |
| 2019 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #12,726 |
| 2018 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #8,764 |
| 2017 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2016 | 13 | 5 | 18 | #8,511 |
| 2015 | 17 | 10 | 27 | #7,055 |
| 2014 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,396 |
| 2013 | 20 | 5 | 25 | #6,312 |
| 2012 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,552 |
| 2011 | 26 | 5 | 31 | #5,259 |
| 2010 | 28 | — | 28 | #5,031 |
| 2009 | 27 | 5 | 32 | #5,276 |
| 2008 | 34 | 6 | 40 | #4,483 |
| 2007 | 61 | — | 61 | #2,946 |
| 2006 | 44 | — | 44 | #3,590 |
| 2005 | 51 | 5 | 56 | #3,101 |
| 2004 | 57 | — | 57 | #2,828 |
| 2003 | 65 | — | 65 | #2,505 |
| 2002 | 128 | — | 128 | #1,487 |
| 2001 | 109 | 5 | 114 | #1,666 |
| 2000 | 115 | — | 115 | #1,556 |
| 1999 | 99 | — | 99 | #1,674 |
| 1998 | 79 | — | 79 | #1,930 |
| 1997 | 60 | — | 60 | #2,273 |
| 1996 | 34 | — | 34 | #3,393 |
| 1995 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,034 |
| 1994 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,855 |
| 1993 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,214 |
| 1992 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,851 |
| 1991 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,166 |
| 1990 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,992 |
| 1989 | 19 | — | 19 | #4,769 |
| 1988 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,967 |
| 1987 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,209 |
| 1986 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,106 |
| 1985 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,803 |
| 1984 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,398 |
| 1983 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,234 |
| 1982 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,747 |
| 1981 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,281 |
| 1980 | 14 | 5 | 19 | #5,148 |
| 1979 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,629 |
| 1978 | 21 | — | 21 | #3,606 |
| 1977 | 22 | 6 | 28 | #3,462 |
| 1976 | 17 | 8 | 25 | #3,922 |
| 1975 | 29 | 7 | 36 | #2,672 |
| 1974 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,204 |
| 1973 | 15 | 7 | 22 | #4,123 |
| 1972 | 16 | 7 | 23 | #3,880 |
| 1971 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,111 |
| 1970 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,309 |
| 1969 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,432 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,922 |