# Anjali (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/anjali/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,822 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,822 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,037, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अञ्जलि (añjali).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 198 | 1,211 |
| 2012 | 177 | 1,327 |
| 2013 | 198 | 1,212 |
| 2014 | 130 | 1,644 |
| 2015 | 149 | 1,513 |
| 2016 | 123 | 1,720 |
| 2017 | 94 | 2,074 |
| 2018 | 97 | 2,014 |
| 2019 | 103 | 1,922 |
| 2020 | 84 | 2,158 |
| 2021 | 80 | 2,288 |
| 2022 | 88 | 2,159 |
| 2023 | 74 | 2,420 |
| 2024 | 74 | 2,437 |
| 2025 | 65 | 2,652 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37 | 959 |
| 2012 | 43 | 874 |
| 2013 | 27 | 1,253 |
| 2014 | 31 | 1,120 |
| 2015 | 25 | 1,324 |
| 2016 | 25 | 1,327 |
| 2017 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,887 |
| 2019 | 12 | 2,170 |
| 2020 | 12 | 2,163 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,692 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,948 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,863 |
| 2024 | 13 | 2,115 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,809 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: अंजलि

## People named Anjali

- Anjali Sharma, cricketer
- Anjali Bhimani, American actress
- Anjali Pendharker, cricketer
- Anjali Jay, British actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.