NameTides

Anant

Anant was the #4,707 boys' name in the US in 2025 (21 babies), and #1,897 in England & Wales and #1,049 in Canada.

Anant as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Anant as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Anant as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#4,707 (21)#1,897 (13)#1,049 (24)
2024#4,571 (22)#2,672 (8)#1,126 (21)
2023#5,255 (18)#2,161 (10)#986 (24)
2022#5,215 (18)—#1,895 (9)
2021#7,089 (11)#3,451 (5)#2,260 (7)
2020#8,067 (9)#3,334 (5)#2,431 (6)
2019#6,104 (14)#4,702 (3)#2,189 (7)
2018#6,345 (13)—#1,983 (8)
2017#7,546 (10)—#2,198 (7)
2016#10,744 (6)—#2,718 (5)
2015#8,744 (8)——
2014#5,733 (15)#3,895 (4)#2,667 (5)
2012#9,709 (7)#4,805 (3)#1,971 (8)
2011#8,079 (9)——
2010#6,698 (12)——

Anant as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Anant as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & Wales
Anant as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025—#2,440 (11)#1,429 (17)
2024#10,271 (9)#2,254 (12)#854 (33)
2023#8,055 (13)#4,710 (4)#714 (39)
2022——#3,228 (5)
2018——#2,892 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #4,571.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1973.

How common is it?

about 1 in 83,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 83,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 21,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 23,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Anant is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 61,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 42,000 to 1 in 87,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Anant by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,203CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Anant (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5176

Anant (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AnantCanadaGirls#1,42917
AnantCanadaBoys#1,04924
AnantEngland & WalesGirls#2,44011
AnantEngland & WalesBoys#1,89713
AnantUSGirls—too few
AnantUSBoys#4,70721