# Anuj (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/anuj/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “younger brother” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 937 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 937 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 108, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अनुज (anuja, “younger brother”).

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 43 | 2,790 |
| 2009 | 25 | 4,042 |
| 2010 | 18 | 5,060 |
| 2011 | 19 | 4,831 |
| 2012 | 15 | 5,732 |
| 2013 | 19 | 4,812 |
| 2014 | 15 | 5,750 |
| 2015 | 20 | 4,727 |
| 2016 | 19 | 4,959 |
| 2017 | 17 | 5,307 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8,880 |
| 2019 | 16 | 5,567 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,124 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12,276 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12,484 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,211 |
| 2009 | 7 | 2,544 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |

## 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.