Anjali
Anjali is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 74 births. Its best rank was 933rd, in 2000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 740.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 2005255 births
- Best rank
- #933in 2000
- Since 1964
- 5,756people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,756 girls have been named Anjali in the United States since 1964, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2005, with 255 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2005, and the 2000s alone account for 41%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2005, its biggest year
Anjali was the 965th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2005 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Abigail and Olivia. See all of 2005.
Names that rose and fell with Anjali
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lanayapeak 2004
- Nadyapeak 2006
- Janayapeak 2006
- Nidhipeak 2007
- Annikapeak 2003
- Tamiyapeak 2006
- Meraripeak 2004
- Kiyapeak 2002
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.