Anwesha
Anwesha is the annual cultural festival of Indian Institute of Technology Patna. It is a three-day-long event that is usually held at the start of February each year.
Meaning & Origin of Anwesha
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Anwesha is the annual cultural festival of Indian Institute of Technology Patna. It is a three-day-long event that is usually held at the start of February each year.
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The Story of Anwesha
Anwesha first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 2008, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2011, when 12 Anweshas were born — ranking #9,147 that year. As of 2026, Anwesha ranks #12,198 for baby girls with 8 births, with steady use. In total, more than 41 Anweshas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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About the name Anwesha
Anwesha is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2008 and has accumulated 41 births in the dataset. Anwesha's peak popularity came in 2011 when it ranked #9,147. Use the chart and map above to compare Anwesha'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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