Anjali — #2439 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Anjali

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,756 babies named Anjali between 1964 and 2024, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anjali currently holds the #2439 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 255 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Anjali performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,351 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Anjali shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 948 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Anjali in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Anjali 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 5,756 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.