How rare is the name Anja?

4,102 people in the United States have the first name Anja, about 1 in 73,630. It ranks #4,512 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ANJA

#4,512

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,102
About
1 in 73,630
This common or more
84.1%
Who bears it

Of the 4,102 people named Anja, 84.6% reported their origin as White, 5% as two or more races and 4.2% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Anja peaked in 2006, when 122 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19622025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
122
In 2025*
35 ▼71%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,797 babies have been given the name since 1962. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Anja by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #3,657. The largest share of babies named Anja, 45%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#5,013157
1970s#5,447195
1980s#6,043216
1990s#4,962400
2000s#3,657872
2010s#4,595674
2020s#5,853283
Baby boom 1946–640.6%
Generation X 1965–8012.5%
Millennials 1981–9616.6%
Generation Z 1997–1245%
2013 and later25.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Anja

#4,510 Vania · 4,105#4,511 Briggs · 4,104#4,513 Niya · 4,100#4,514 Arvin · 4,099

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Anja, most common first.

#7,289 Anju · 2,107#11,675 Anca · 1,089#12,611 Anuja · 982#21,612 Anka · 468#28,872 Anji · 309#30,234 Anija · 289#36,405 Ansa · 218#38,539 Anaja · 199

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