Nameling

Ansh

Boy · UNSH · Sanskrit

Ansh is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “part, portion”. In 2025 it ranked 1,220th for boys in the UK (25 babies) and 2,108th for boys in the US (69 babies).

What does Ansh mean?

Sanskrit

“part, portion”

From Sanskrit amsha, 'portion, share', often understood as a part of the divine.

Say it
UNSH

More on Wiktionary.

Is Ansh a girl's or a boy's name?

Ansh is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the UK and 69 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ansh in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,220among boys
Babies in 2025
25about 1 in 12,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 6% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 25 boys in the UK were named Ansh, making it the 1,220th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 2012, with 40 boys.

2025 had more boys named Ansh than any year since 2017.

Half of all the boys named Ansh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,153rd in England and Wales.

2001Busiest: 40 in 20122025
Ansh in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202525#1,220
202411#2,149
202317#1,571
202223#1,270
202117#1,547
202014#1,733
201922#1,261
201814#1,803
201725#1,197
201624#1,234
201523#1,237
201432#991
201330#1,017
201240#852
201130#1,014
201027#1,085
200915#1,582
200811#1,930
200713#1,667
200612#1,640
200518#1,216
20049#1,831
20035#2,574
20023#3,325
20011#4,138

How popular is Ansh in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,108among boys
Babies in 2025
69about 1 in 25,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 24% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 69 boys in the US were named Ansh, making it the 2,108th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,655th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 138 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.

2025 had fewer boys named Ansh than any year since 2006.

Half of all the boys named Ansh in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

1998Busiest: 138 in 20122025
Ansh in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202569#2,108
202485#1,878
202377#1,985
202295#1,750
202182#1,869
202096#1,655
201989#1,755
2018119#1,458
2017124#1,408
2016109#1,532
2015111#1,491
2014111#1,465
2013119#1,405
2012138#1,273
2011108#1,495
201098#1,599
200992#1,697
200890#1,692
2007111#1,445
200665#2,036
200555#2,178
200478#1,650
200341#2,503
200230#3,018
200119#4,115
200012#5,581
199915#4,531
19986#8,472

Names like Ansh

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Ansh

More Sanskrit names