# Anshul (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/anshul/  
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 | “radiant”, “luminous”, “bright” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 382 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 382 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 21, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अंशुल (aṃśula, “radiant, luminous, bright”).

## What it means

Anshul is grouped under light.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 23 | 3,738 |
| 2004 | 33 | 3,023 |
| 2005 | 36 | 2,905 |
| 2006 | 15 | 5,540 |
| 2007 | 24 | 4,127 |
| 2008 | 27 | 3,833 |
| 2009 | 23 | 4,289 |
| 2010 | 31 | 3,460 |
| 2011 | 22 | 4,366 |
| 2012 | 11 | 7,086 |
| 2013 | 6 | 10,818 |
| 2014 | 7 | 9,708 |
| 2015 | 6 | 10,748 |
| 2020 | 6 | 10,686 |
| 2025 | 7 | 9,782 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2004 | 5 | 2,578 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: अंशुल

## 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.