MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Anant mean?
Anant is the Sanskrit adjective for what has no end or boundary. It is a name of Vishnu. The same name is also applied to the serpent Shesha, bringing infinity into divine imagery.
Pronunciation
IAST: ananta
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अनन्त
Letter-by-letter: ananta
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Anant in Indian usage
16,816 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (96.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 649 records (3.9%).
- Recorded as male: 16,167 records (96.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 485 |
| 1940s | 1,222 |
| 1950s | 1,972 |
| 1960s | 2,728 |
| 1970s | 3,586 |
| 1980s | 3,546 |
| 1990s | 3,134 |
| Other decades | 143 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 7,165 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,950 |
| Jharkhand | 1,708 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 1,515 |
| Goa | 1,389 |
| Delhi | 1,232 |
| Maharashtra | 525 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 418 |
| Haryana | 351 |
| Rajasthan | 178 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 167 |
| Other states | 218 |
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 | Anant / M | 13 | 1,897 |
| England & Wales | Anant / F | 11 | 2,440 |
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 Anant; Table_6, C1912 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Anant; Table_6, C1912
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Anant; Table_6, C2456 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Anant; Table_6, C2456
- Monier-Williams, ananta, p. 25,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.