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Anup

Anup is a masculine given name from Sanskrit.

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Anup comes from Sanskrit.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Sanskrit अनूप.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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

Anup through the years

Babies since 1880
203
203 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
1982
13 babies
2025
0
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2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02468198020002025Highest share 19820.0
Anup in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1973–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,488 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.

Anup’s family of names

In English usage, Anup has a related form in ANOOP. In English usage, Anup has a related form in ANOOP.

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Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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