# Anshuman (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/anshuman/  
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 | “light”, “radiance” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Amshuman |
| US babies named this | 54 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 54 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अंशुमान (aṃśumāna, “light, radiance”).

## What it means

Anshuman 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6 | 9,160 |
| 2003 | 6 | 9,644 |
| 2006 | 6 | 10,756 |
| 2007 | 8 | 8,972 |
| 2009 | 7 | 9,926 |
| 2010 | 5 | 12,369 |
| 2015 | 6 | 10,749 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,316 |
| 2024 | 5 | 12,482 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: अंशुमान

## 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.