Anja
Girl · AHN-yah · Hebrew
Anja is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “grace, favour”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Anja mean?
Hebrew: Slavic, German and Scandinavian form of Anna
“grace, favour”
A pet form of Anna used across Central Europe and Scandinavia; Anna comes from Hebrew Hannah.
- Say it
- AHN-yah
Is Anja a girl's or a boy's name?
Anja is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anja in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Anja, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 35 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Anja since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Anja in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Anja in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,647 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 2014 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,516 |
| 2011 | 35 | #1,069 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,418 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,212 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,215 |
| 2007 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2006 | 26 | #1,118 |
| 2005 | 19 | #1,332 |
| 2004 | 25 | #1,048 |
| 2003 | 25 | #1,032 |
| 2002 | 22 | #1,085 |
| 2001 | 32 | #819 |
| 2000 | 25 | #954 |
| 1999 | 21 | #1,065 |
| 1998 | 17 | #1,238 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,387 |
| 1996 | 13 | #1,450 |
How popular is Anja in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,066among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Anja, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,015th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 122 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
2025 had fewer girls named Anja than any year since 1997.
Half of all the girls named Anja in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anja in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 48 | #3,277 |
| 2023 | 51 | #3,181 |
| 2022 | 50 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 46 | #3,389 |
| 2020 | 53 | #3,015 |
| 2019 | 57 | #2,891 |
| 2018 | 45 | #3,437 |
| 2017 | 64 | #2,689 |
| 2016 | 72 | #2,502 |
| 2015 | 73 | #2,471 |
| 2014 | 49 | #3,270 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,768 |
| 2012 | 87 | #2,160 |
| 2011 | 81 | #2,298 |
| 2010 | 84 | #2,274 |
| 2009 | 80 | #2,395 |
| 2008 | 73 | #2,557 |
| 2007 | 99 | #2,059 |
| 2006 | 122 | #1,709 |
| 2005 | 84 | #2,179 |
| 2004 | 87 | #2,085 |
| 2003 | 80 | #2,164 |
| 2002 | 109 | #1,682 |
| 2001 | 72 | #2,232 |
| 2000 | 66 | #2,328 |
| 1999 | 61 | #2,402 |
| 1998 | 44 | #2,926 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 55 | #2,369 |
| 1995 | 27 | #3,873 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,983 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 39 | #2,969 |
| 1991 | 40 | #2,880 |
| 1990 | 44 | #2,635 |
| 1989 | 32 | #3,247 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,580 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,026 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,418 |
| 1984 | 19 | #3,989 |
| 1983 | 20 | #3,805 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,079 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1971 | 39 | #2,107 |
| 1970 | 27 | #2,647 |
| 1969 | 23 | #2,768 |
| 1968 | 29 | #2,246 |
| 1967 | 26 | #2,376 |
| 1966 | 20 | #2,751 |
| 1965 | 41 | #1,768 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
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