Anahat
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-NAA-hat
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,324 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Anahat is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “unstruck”. In 2025 it ranked 1,324th for girls in the UK (25 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Anahat mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit anahata; also used by Sikh families
“unstruck”
Anahata, the heart chakra in yoga tradition, is named for the 'unstruck' sound heard in meditation.
Is Anahat a girl's or a boy's name?
Anahat is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anahat in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 871% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the UK were named Anahat, making it the 1,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 28 girls.
Half of all the girls named Anahat in the UK since 1996 were born between 2022 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 28 girls in the UK were given Anahat or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,081, up from #1,324 for this spelling alone.
- Anahat 25
- Anaahat 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,271st in England and Wales.
Anahat in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #1,324 |
| 2024 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 2 | #7,579 |
How popular is Anahat in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 115% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Anahat, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 2015.
Half of all the girls named Anahat in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anahat in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
Names like Anahat
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rehmat, Abeeha, Nusaybah, Ibadat, Aafiyah, Ayah, Safa, Ayra, Ayzal, Aaliyah, Ayat, Aaminah
Other spellings of Anahat
Anaahat
Names related to Anahat
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Anahat: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anahat, updated 20 October 2026.