Rank 2025
#2,652
among girls · ↓215 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
65
named Anjali · -12% vs 2024
How common
1 in 24,727
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2005
255 babies
All-time total
5,822
#2,320 all-time among girls
First recorded
1964
in Social Security records
By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal
footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.
Where Anjali is most popular
Girls named Anjali per 1,000 girls born in
each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.047 per 1,000.
Strongest in California, New York, and Maryland.
Vs national average well below below near national above well above no data
All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Anjali born
2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes
comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.
State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any
state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.
The story of Anjali
Anjali is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #2,652 in 2025 with 65 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.
Since 1964, 5,822 American babies have been named Anjali. Its peak came in 2005, when 255 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2000s.
The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Anjali stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.
