# Ansh (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ansh/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,244 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,244 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 453, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Sanskrit अंश (aṃśa).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 108 | 1,496 |
| 2012 | 138 | 1,274 |
| 2013 | 119 | 1,405 |
| 2014 | 111 | 1,466 |
| 2015 | 111 | 1,493 |
| 2016 | 109 | 1,533 |
| 2017 | 124 | 1,408 |
| 2018 | 119 | 1,458 |
| 2019 | 89 | 1,755 |
| 2020 | 96 | 1,656 |
| 2021 | 82 | 1,870 |
| 2022 | 95 | 1,752 |
| 2023 | 77 | 1,988 |
| 2024 | 85 | 1,880 |
| 2025 | 69 | 2,109 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 976 |
| 2012 | 40 | 793 |
| 2013 | 29 | 976 |
| 2014 | 32 | 916 |
| 2015 | 23 | 1,159 |
| 2016 | 24 | 1,157 |
| 2017 | 25 | 1,124 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 22 | 1,189 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,448 |
| 2022 | 23 | 1,179 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,461 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 25 | 1,153 |

## 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.