Anja — #3275 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Anja

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,761 babies named Anja between 1962 and 2024, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anja currently holds the #3275 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 122 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Anja performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 872 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Anja shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 250 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Anja in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Anja in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,761 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.