# Anuja (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/anuja/  
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 | “younger sister” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 121 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 121 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 12, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अनुजा (anujā, “younger sister”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 5 | 10,611 |
| 1983 | 8 | 7,353 |
| 1985 | 7 | 8,390 |
| 1989 | 9 | 8,091 |
| 1993 | 6 | 11,892 |
| 1995 | 6 | 11,901 |
| 1996 | 6 | 11,942 |
| 1997 | 7 | 10,946 |
| 1998 | 5 | 14,325 |
| 2000 | 10 | 9,229 |
| 2004 | 9 | 10,783 |
| 2007 | 7 | 14,074 |
| 2009 | 5 | 17,577 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,150 |
| 2013 | 8 | 12,119 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 4 | 3,725 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: अनुजा

## 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.