NameTides

Anjali

Anjali was the #2,645 girls' name in the US in 2025 (65 babies), and #1,809 in England & Wales and #3,044 in Canada.

Anjali as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Anjali as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020IrelandEngland & WalesUSCanada
Anjali as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,645 (65)#1,809 (16)—#885 (3)#3,044 (6)
2024#2,434 (74)#2,116 (13)——#1,617 (14)
2023#2,415 (74)#1,863 (15)——#2,900 (6)
2022#2,156 (88)#1,948 (14)——#1,989 (10)
2021#2,286 (80)#1,692 (17)——#1,876 (11)
2020#2,156 (84)#2,163 (12)——#2,163 (9)
2019#1,919 (103)#2,170 (12)——#2,025 (10)
2018#2,014 (97)#1,887 (15)——#1,741 (12)
2017#2,074 (94)#2,201 (12)——#1,454 (16)
2016#1,719 (123)#1,327 (25)——#1,690 (13)
2015#1,513 (149)#1,324 (25)——#2,011 (10)
2014#1,643 (130)#1,120 (31)——#1,077 (24)
2013#1,210 (198)#1,253 (27)——#1,432 (16)
2012#1,326 (177)#874 (43)——#1,142 (22)
2011#1,210 (198)#959 (37)——#923 (28)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2005 at #965.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1964.

How common is it?

about 1 in 25,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 16,000rare
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 7,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Anjali is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 25,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 22,000 to 1 in 29,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Anjali by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,651CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,210TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Anjali (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,01811

Anjali (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AnjaliCanadaGirls#3,0446
AnjaliEngland & WalesGirls#1,80916
AnjaliIrelandGirls#8853
AnjaliNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AnjaliScotlandGirls—too few
AnjaliUSGirls#2,64565