How Many People Are Named Anuj?
people named Anuj are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 376,415 people in the US has this name
Based on 937 babies named Anuj in Social Security records from 1969 to 2022, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
46 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "born later, younger" in Sanskrit. This name is sometimes given to the younger sibling of an older child.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Anuj in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Anuj alive today is about 26 years old, and 63% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 36 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Anuj first appears in the records in 1969 and was given most often in 2006, to 46 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2022.
Babies given the name each year, 1969 to 2022
🏆 Rank History
Anuj has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,238, in 1979.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,238 (1979) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,219 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Anuj alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Anuj were born in California than in any other state: about 56 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Anuj was given about 3.6 times as often in California.
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