MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Anand mean?
Joy or bliss is the core sense of Sanskrit ānanda. Compounds such as Brahmananda qualify this bliss noun with a more specific philosophical reference.
Pronunciation
IAST: ānanda
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
आनंद
Letter-by-letter: ānanda
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Anand in Indian usage
306,450 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (96.2%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 11,709 records (3.8%).
- Recorded as male: 294,741 records (96.2%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 667 |
| 1930s | 2,101 |
| 1940s | 7,103 |
| 1950s | 15,888 |
| 1960s | 32,772 |
| 1970s | 61,493 |
| 1980s | 95,797 |
| 1990s | 90,509 |
| Other decades | 120 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 101,312 |
| Bihar | 49,975 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 35,771 |
| Jharkhand | 26,018 |
| Uttarakhand | 17,223 |
| Delhi | 14,824 |
| Rajasthan | 14,489 |
| Haryana | 13,541 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 11,716 |
| Kerala | 6,492 |
| Maharashtra | 3,959 |
| Assam | 3,499 |
| Goa | 2,997 |
| Tripura | 1,290 |
| Gujarat | 580 |
| Puducherry | 506 |
| Chandigarh | 474 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 436 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 294 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 291 |
| Meghalaya | 216 |
| Karnataka | 157 |
| Sikkim | 120 |
| Manipur | 103 |
| Other states | 167 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Anand / M | 7 | 2,952 |
| England & Wales | Anand / F | 13 | 2,138 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Anand; Table_6, C2978 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Anand; Table_6, C2978
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Anand; Table_6, C2150 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Anand; Table_6, C2150
- Monier-Williams, ānanda, p. 139,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: आनंद ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.