Name Legacy

Ananda

Recorded 1968–2024 · United States

Ananda was most popular in 2002, when 128 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,582 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,735 people named Ananda.

Most popular in2002
Rank that year#2,582
Births that year128
Total since 18801,735
Given to94% girls

Ananda over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Ananda’s peak in 2002. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Ananda a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Ananda is mostly a girl’s name — 93.6% of the 1,735 Americans given it were girls and 6.4% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 71% girls and 29% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Ananda

Where Ananda is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org