Anjay — boys' name
52 babies named Anjay in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
79% of everyone ever named Anjay was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Anjay in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anjay
The Social Security Administration has registered 52 babies named Anjay between 2000 and 2021, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Anjay currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anjay performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 41 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Anjay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anjay 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 52 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.
Anjay at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Anjay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2000
- Peak year (2007)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
52 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 11 births in a single year.
Anjay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 41 births that decade — 79% of Anjay's all-time total
Anjay decade highlights
- Peak decade 41 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Anjay's strongest decade
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 79% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2000–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.