Anahad
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- un-AH-had
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- Style
- New arrival
Anahad is a girls' name of Punjabi origin, meaning “boundless, unstruck divine sound”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies).
What does Anahad mean?
Punjabi: Sikh name from anahad 'unstruck', as in anahad naad
“boundless, unstruck divine sound”
In Sikh and yogic thought, the anahad naad is the 'unstruck sound', divine music heard in deep meditation.
Is Anahad a girl's or a boy's name?
Anahad is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anahad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 500% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Anahad, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Anahad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
Names like Anahad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abeeha, Ayah, Nusaybah, Aafiyah, Safa, Aaliyah, Ayzal, Azeemah, Halima, Anhad, Aakifah, Ruqayyah
Names related to Anahad
More Punjabi names
Asees, Gurbaaz, Nirvair, Gurfateh, Jind, Baani, Akaal, Gurnawab, Jujhar, Ajooni, Mannat, Ekam, Gurniwaz, Gurnaaz, Gursanjh, Avleen
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Anahad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anahad, updated 20 October 2026.