Anirudh

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Anirudh: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Anirudh: Recorded since 2002, it reached #2,087 in 2006, and it stood at #3,684 in 2025.

1registrar recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#2087highest recorded position

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2002–2025

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#3225
2005	#3849
2006	#2087
2007	#2211
2008	#2775
2009	#3744
2010	#2941
2011	#2390
2012	#2117
2013	#2216
2014	#2248
2015	#2707
2017	#3449
2018	#3959
2019	#4702
2020	#3848
2021	#3017
2023	#2546
2024	#4270
2025	#3684

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 20 of the 24 years from 2002 to 2025.

Official data for England and Wales, 2002–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #3225 among boys in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2025
Highest recorded position: #2087 among boys in England and Wales, in 2006 (recorded 2002–2025).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #3684 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Anirudh by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Anirudh in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	32	6 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	61	9 of 10	7
2020s	27	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Wales has recorded the most births with →

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #2087 in England and Wales in 2006.

Anirudh's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	England and Wales	male	#3684	5	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3959	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2216	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2117	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3744	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2002 and 2025, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,087, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
11 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,684position in 2025, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 2012Under 25 births →

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Caian · #2087, 16y
Caylan · #2087, 21y
Cobain · #2087, 15y
Kei · #2087, 19y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Caian · #2087, 16y
Caylan · #2087, 21y
Cobain · #2087, 15y
Yoni · #2087, 15y

What is known about Anirudh

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 1 official registrar, 2002–2025.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #2087 in England and Wales in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Anirudh

Anirudh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Anirudh by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

What is known about Anirudh

Anirudh at a glance

Anirudh by decade in England and Wales · Boys

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s