Ananda
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning bliss, joy, without sorrow.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Ananda by the numbers
Ananda was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 128 babies in 2002, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ananda. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Amandaworthy of love; fit to be loved954 in the US (2017)
- Ananyaunique or incomparable140 in the US (2017)
- Anandbliss or joy13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ayandathey came; they have come6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alanafair, bright; feminine form of Alan1,432 in the US (2017)
- Alannafair; beautiful; a form of Alana563 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean joy
Like Ananda, each of these has joy in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Abigailmy father's joy10,557 in the US (2017)
- Asherhappy, blessed6,076 in the US (2017)
- Edendelight, paradise594 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jocelyncheerful or joyful; from Jocundus1,828 in the US (2017)
- Tatumcheerful or bringer of joy1,159 in the US (2017)
- Joyjoy; gladness and pleasure971 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Ananda
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