# Ankur (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ankur/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “bud”, “sprout” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 668 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 668 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 7, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अङ्कुर (aṅkura, “bud, sprout”).

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 17 | 3,890 |
| 1998 | 20 | 3,599 |
| 1999 | 13 | 5,053 |
| 2000 | 8 | 7,471 |
| 2001 | 8 | 7,566 |
| 2002 | 9 | 7,079 |
| 2003 | 10 | 6,753 |
| 2004 | 5 | 11,464 |
| 2005 | 6 | 10,211 |
| 2006 | 9 | 8,039 |
| 2007 | 5 | 12,483 |
| 2008 | 9 | 8,360 |
| 2009 | 8 | 9,041 |
| 2011 | 6 | 10,896 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,315 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 2,357 |
| 1998 | 3 | 2,901 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: अंकुर

## 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.