Ankur
Ankur is an Indian masculine given name:
- Hindi
- Marathi
Meaning & Origin of Ankur
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ankur is an Indian masculine given name:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hindi
- Marathi
The Story of Ankur
Ankur first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1974, with 7 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1981: 40 births, good for #1,520 nationwide. About 43% of every Ankur on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Ankur last appeared in the published SSA data in 2016, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 668 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Ankur
Ankur is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 668 births in the dataset. Ankur's peak popularity came in 1981 when it ranked #1,520. Use the chart and map above to compare Ankur's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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