Anurag
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Anurag is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Anurag mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit used mainly in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Anurag a girl's or a boy's name?
Anurag is a boys' name.
How popular is Anurag in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Anurag in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anurag in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
Names like Anurag
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Arjun Armani Aditya Atharva Dhruv Rishi Aryan Arnav Anirudh Krish Ansh
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Rohan Kali Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena Shivansh Veer
Sources
Figures from 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, “Anurag: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anurag, updated 20 October 2026.