# Anandi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/anandi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “joyful”, “blissful” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 128 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 128 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आनंदी (ānaṃdī, “joyful, blissful”).

## What it means

Anandi is grouped under joy.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 12 | 8,763 |
| 2005 | 6 | 14,641 |
| 2006 | 7 | 13,706 |
| 2009 | 5 | 17,529 |
| 2011 | 7 | 13,464 |
| 2013 | 15 | 7,779 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12,019 |
| 2015 | 5 | 16,626 |
| 2016 | 8 | 11,867 |
| 2018 | 8 | 11,503 |
| 2019 | 5 | 15,728 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12,256 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12,316 |
| 2022 | 7 | 12,343 |
| 2023 | 10 | 9,670 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: आनंदी

## People named Anandi

- Anandiben Patel, 20th Governor of Uttar Pradesh

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.