Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anant through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 407
- 385 boys · 22 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #4,716 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +115%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,716 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 73.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,042 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Anant’s family of names
In English usage, Anant has a related form in ANANTA. In English usage, Anant has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form अनंत. In Hindi usage, Anant is a Roman-alphabet rendering of अनन्त.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Anant has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Sanskrit roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Anant
- Anant NagIndian actor, politician (born 1948)
- Anant PaiIndian comics artist (1929–2011)
- Anant AgarwalIndian computer architecture researcherborn 1958
- Anant MahadevanIndian actorborn 1950
- Anant PriolkarIndian writer (1895–1973)
- Anant KumarGerman short story writer and novelistborn 1969
- Anant GeeteIndian politicianborn 1951
- Anant BalaniIndian film director1962–2003
- Anant BajajIndian business person1977–2018
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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