Anshul
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Anshul is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “radiant, luminous, bright”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Anshul mean?
Sanskrit
“radiant, luminous, bright”
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Anshul a girl's or a boy's name?
Anshul is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anshul in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 6 boys.
Anshul in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
How popular is Anshul in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Anshul, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
2025 had more boys named Anshul than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Anshul in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anshul in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 31 | #3,452 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 36 | #2,898 |
| 2004 | 33 | #3,010 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,316 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
Names like Anshul
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Yuvraj Pranav Arnav Dhruv Ajit Avi Atharv Avyaan Prithvi Adhrit Viraj
Names related to Anshul
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Ishaan Siya Leena Shivansh
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, “Anshul: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anshul, updated 20 October 2026.