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Anjali

Girls' name · Millennial-era · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~5,700 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#2,645 among girls
Births in 2025
65 5,822 since 1880
Typical age
19 years, median

Anjali popularity over time

Anjali rank by birth year, 1964–2025Anjali ranked #6,009 in 1964 and #2,645 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #933, in 2000.#1,000#2,645best #933 in 2000198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1964–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Anjali in 2005 than in any other year — 255 of them. 1964 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. As of 2025 the name sits at #2,645, with 65 births that year.

The ten-year change is -56%. Year on year the rank dropped by 211.

Babies named Anjali per yearPeaks at 255 births in 2005.255 in 20050198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Anjali?

An estimated 5,700 living Americans are called Anjali. That is out of 5,822 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Anjali?

Half of living Anjalis are older than 19, half younger. The 2000s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Anjali a millennial-era name.

Your Anjali

Ages of living people named AnjaliHalf of living Anjalis are older than 19 and half younger.median 190204060
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Anjali is most common

Anjali is 1.6× as common in New York as it is nationally. California and New Jersey follow.

Where Anjali is used more than average3 states use the name Anjali more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 1.6× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 1.5× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.6× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Anjali is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New York 72 1.6×
California 155 1.6×
New Jersey 30 1.5×

Anjali in England and Wales

ONS recorded 16 births named Anjali in 2025, ranking it #1,809. That is 33% higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Anjali comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit अञ्जलि.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Notable people named Anjali

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Anjali Devi Indian actress, producer 1927–2014 26
Anjali Patil Indian actress 1989 19
Anjali Bhagwat Indian sport shooter 1969 16
Anjali Gopalan Indian LGBT rights activist 1957 14
Anjali Menon Indian film director 1979 13
Anjali Bhimani American actress 1974 12
Anjali Lavania Indian model 1986 12
Anjali Pendharker cricketer 1959 12
Photo credits (6)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Anjali

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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