Anirudh

Anirudh was the #3,583 boys' name in the US in 2025 (31 babies), and #3,684 in England & Wales.

Anirudh as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Anirudh 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.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Anirudh 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.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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#3,583 (31)#3,684 (5)—
2024#4,701 (21)#4,271 (4)#2,062 (9)
2023#3,293 (36)#2,547 (8)#2,921 (5)
2022#3,533 (32)——
2021#3,912 (27)#3,017 (6)—
2020#3,811 (27)#3,848 (4)#2,013 (8)
2019#3,496 (32)#4,702 (3)#2,756 (5)
2018#3,055 (38)#3,959 (4)—
2017#2,755 (44)#3,449 (5)#2,762 (5)
2016#2,518 (50)—#2,718 (5)
2015#2,086 (67)#2,707 (7)#2,715 (5)
2014#2,138 (64)#2,248 (9)—
2013#2,113 (63)#2,216 (9)—
2012#1,942 (73)#2,117 (10)#2,666 (5)
2011#2,173 (60)#2,390 (8)#2,125 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2009 at #1,839.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1991.

How common is it?

about 1 in 56,000 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 56,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Anirudh is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 61,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 38,000 to 1 in 100,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Anirudh 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: #2,471CAUtah: 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
Anirudh (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#1,3557

Anirudh (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
AnirudhCanadaBoys—too few
AnirudhEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
AnirudhNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AnirudhUSBoys#3,58331