Given name
Anirudh
Anirudh is a masculine given name from Hindi. It is used in French.
Original Hindiअनिरुद्ध
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anirudh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,551
- 1,551 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 80 babies
- 2025
- 31
- #3,585 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −23%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 31 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,585 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 23.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 80 in 2009. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,295 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.
Anirudh’s family of names
In French usage, Anirudh has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form अनिरुद्ध.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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