Anjali

#2,645 for girls in 2025, 65 births

Peak · girls
2000 · 230 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
5,822
since 1964

Anjali over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Anjali has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #933, 2000girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#2,64565
2024#2,43474
2023#2,41574
2022#2,15688
2021#2,28680
2020#2,15684
2019#1,919103
2018#2,01497
2017#2,07494
2016#1,719123
2015#1,513149
2014#1,643130
2013#1,210198
2012#1,326177
2011#1,210198
2010#1,180206
2009#1,110229
2008#1,057247
2007#1,092238
2006#1,018251
2005#965255
2004#1,091210
2003#1,000231
2002#939238
2001#970222
2000#933230
1999#1,012202
1998#1,70993
1997#1,84580
1996#1,60996
1995#1,90073
1994#2,41253
1993#2,17661
1992#2,35155
1991#3,72228
1990#2,90039
1989#2,33850
1988#2,36946
1987#2,78035
1986#2,56438
1985#2,25345
1984#2,29942
1983#2,06948
1982#2,53237
1981#2,30543
1980#2,34241
1979#2,08848
1978#2,19142
1977#2,25740
1976#3,18822
1975#3,40420
1974#2,83525
1973#2,40531
1972#4,30013
1971#3,16621
1970#2,70526
1969#4,19812
1968#4,48910
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1966#6,5645
1965#6,5395
1964#6,0096
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First appearance
1964

The first year at least five girls were named Anjali! It came in at #6,009, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1965–1967, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Anjali is popular in 2000

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #693 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,126 girlsMNIllinois: #956 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,124 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,061 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,672 girlsMINew York: #445 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 2,714 girlsNYMassachusetts: #751 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,281 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #957 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,295 girlsPANew Jersey: #276 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,547 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #768 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 5,205 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedUTColorado: #701 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,013 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedWVVirginia: #591 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,948 girlsVAMaryland: #647 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,100 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Anjali, so not publishedHITexas: #1,371 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 11,783 girlsTXFlorida: #886 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,442 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Jersey#276 · 1 in 1,547
  2. New York#445 · 1 in 2,714
  3. Virginia#591 · 1 in 3,948
  4. Maryland#647 · 1 in 4,100
  5. Minnesota#693 · 1 in 5,126

Best ever in a state: #226 in New Jersey, 1999.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#276271 in 1,547
New York#445371 in 2,714
Virginia#59191 in 3,948
Maryland#64761 in 4,100
Minnesota#69351 in 5,126
Colorado#70161 in 4,013
Massachusetts#75151 in 6,281
California#768431 in 5,205
Florida#886121 in 6,442
Illinois#956101 in 7,124
Pennsylvania#95771 in 8,295
Michigan#1,06161 in 8,672
Texas#1,371131 in 11,783
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Anjali
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 211 spots since 2024 (#2,434 → #2,645)
  • 489 spots since 2020 (#2,156 → #2,645)
  • 1,132 spots since 2015 (#1,513 → #2,645)
  • Biggest jump: 126 spots in 2005 (#1,091 → #965)
  • Biggest drop: 91 spots in 2004 (#1,000 → #1,091)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1964
  • Peaked 2000 at #933 (230 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 2000–2003
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,246
  • Highest: 1 in 7,246 girls born in 2005 were named Anjali (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 24,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #933 in 2000, was only 1 in 7,896 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 40.4% of all girls named Anjali (2,351) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s38#4,198 (1969)#5,560
1970s288#2,088 (1979)#2,854
1980s425#2,069 (1983)#2,385
1990s780#1,012 (1999)#2,164
2000s2,351#933 (2000)#1,018
2010s1,475#1,180 (2010)#1,581
2020s465#2,156 (2022)#2,349

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Anjali in 2000

girls
#933
230 births · 1 in 7,896 girls

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #933Anjali230
More about 2000

girls

1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 7,896 of them was named Anjali, which outranked 94.7% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anjali
  1. #930Jakayla231
  2. #930Lilliana231
  3. #930Nyasia231
  4. #933Anjali230
  5. #933Daisha230
  6. #933Myra230
  7. #936Amiya229
  8. #936Belen229
  9. #936Jana229

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,528Laisha#3,509 → #981
  2. ↑ 2,131Litzy#2,527 → #396
  3. ↑ 2,096Cielo#2,991 → #895
  4. ↑ 1,864Yamilet#2,703 → #839
  5. ↑ 1,775Nyah#2,567 → #792
Fallers
  1. ↓ 560Tatyanna#951 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 529Jailene#506 → #1,035
  3. ↓ 431Shanice#727 → #1,158
  4. ↓ 384Chantal#921 → #1,305
  5. ↓ 348Infant#658 → #1,006

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2000 →