Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Anish

#2,379 most common boys' name of all time · #5,751 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1970–2025

Rank among boys
#2,379
Rank overall
#5,751 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
3,109
Since 2016
392
Peak year
2010 #1,050
Best rank
#1,050 2010
Girls Boys peak 184/yr
198020002020

Anish first appears in 1970. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 13 13 #6,546
2024 — 24 24 #4,357
2023 — 25 25 #4,253
2022 — 26 26 #4,117
2021 — 35 35 #3,323
2020 — 42 42 #2,856
2019 — 55 55 #2,437
2018 — 33 33 #3,409
2017 — 58 58 #2,282
2016 — 81 81 #1,854
2015 — 81 81 #1,838
2014 — 106 106 #1,518
2013 — 131 131 #1,320
2012 — 127 127 #1,344
2011 — 141 141 #1,238
2010 — 184 184 #1,050
2009 — 180 180 #1,054
2008 — 122 122 #1,396
2007 — 135 135 #1,294
2006 — 151 151 #1,136
2005 — 139 139 #1,153
2004 — 151 151 #1,063
2003 — 129 129 #1,164
2002 — 138 138 #1,085
2001 — 111 111 #1,213
2000 — 91 91 #1,387
1999 — 61 61 #1,715
1998 — 41 41 #2,219
1997 — 38 38 #2,250
1996 — 27 27 #2,796
1995 — 30 30 #2,533
1994 — 33 33 #2,377
1993 — 30 30 #2,494
1992 — 20 20 #3,283
1991 — 28 28 #2,520
1990 — 24 24 #2,753
1989 — 27 27 #2,451
1988 — 32 32 #2,025
1987 — 22 22 #2,541
1986 — 20 20 #2,660
1985 — 14 14 #3,353
1984 — 24 24 #2,225
1983 — 15 15 #3,029
1982 — 15 15 #3,070
1981 — 11 11 #3,789
1980 — 12 12 #3,574
1979 — 18 18 #2,651
1978 — 9 9 #4,077
1977 — 6 6 #5,565
1976 — 7 7 #4,784
1974 — 10 10 #3,530
1973 — 8 8 #3,994
1972 — 8 8 #3,917
1971 — 5 5 #5,513
1970 — 5 5 #5,301