Ananda
Girl · Sanskrit
Ananda is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ananda mean?
Sanskrit
A unisex given name from Sanskrit.
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Is Ananda a girl's or a boy's name?
Ananda is a girls' name.
How popular is Ananda in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 128 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the girls named Ananda in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2011, 84% of the babies named Ananda in the US were girls.
Ananda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 16 | #7,300 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6,252 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 34 | #4,447 |
| 2007 | 61 | #2,930 |
| 2006 | 44 | #3,563 |
| 2005 | 51 | #3,077 |
| 2004 | 57 | #2,804 |
| 2003 | 65 | #2,494 |
| 2002 | 128 | #1,482 |
| 2001 | 109 | #1,658 |
| 2000 | 115 | #1,549 |
| 1999 | 99 | #1,665 |
| 1998 | 79 | #1,918 |
| 1997 | 60 | #2,256 |
| 1996 | 34 | #3,356 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,031 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,729 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,541 |
| 1978 | 21 | #3,512 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,365 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 29 | #2,612 |
| 1974 | 22 | #3,110 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,714 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 20 | #3,208 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
Names like Ananda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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