How Many People Are Named Anjali?

5,739

people named Anjali are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 59,554 people in the US has this name

Based on 5,822 babies named Anjali in Social Security records from 1964 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#3,408

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,900

See the top 100

Peak Year

2005

255 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Nepali
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Means "salutation" in Sanskrit.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Anjali in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Anjali alive today is about 21 years old, and 82% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 26 in 2025.

Under 30 4,719
82.2%
30 to 59 1,011
17.6%
60 and over 10
0.2%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Anjali first appears in the records in 1964 and was given most often in 2005, to 255 babies. In 2025, 65 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1964 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Anjali has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #932, in 2000. In 2025 it ranked #2,652.

Girls
Rank in 2025#2,652
Best rank#932 (2000)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,039 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Anjali alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Anjali were born in California than in any other state: about 949 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Anjali was given 4.1 times as often in New Jersey, 2.6 times in New York and 1.8 times in Maryland.

California 949
New York 661
New Jersey 430
Texas 399
Florida 281
Illinois 275
Pennsylvania 151
Virginia 124
Massachusetts 115
Maryland 113
Michigan 87
Georgia 84
Ohio 55
North Carolina 39
Washington 37
Connecticut 34
Minnesota 25
Arizona 21
Colorado 12
Oregon 6
Missouri 5
Indiana 5

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