How Many People Are Named Anja?
people named Anja are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 124,693 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,797 babies named Anja in Social Security records from 1962 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
122 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Form of ANYA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Anja in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Anja alive today is about 23 years old, and 73% are under 30. Half of them were between 12 and 31 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Anja first appears in the records in 1962 and was given most often in 2006, to 122 babies. In 2025, 35 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1962 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Anja has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,683, in 2002. In 2025 it ranked #4,074.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,074 |
| Best rank | #1,683 (2002) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,138 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Anja alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Anja were born in California than in any other state: about 245 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Anja was given 11.9 times as often in Minnesota, 3.4 times in Washington and 2.1 times in California.
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