Anjali
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AN-ja-lee
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,645 for girls
Anjali is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “offering with joined hands”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 2,645th for girls in the US (65 babies).
What does Anjali mean?
Sanskrit
“offering with joined hands”
Anjali mudra, palms pressed together, is the gesture that accompanies the greeting namaste.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Anjali a girl's or a boy's name?
Anjali is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 65 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anjali in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,868among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Anjali, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 78 girls.
Half of all the girls named Anjali in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.
Anjali in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 15 | #2,000 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 25 | #1,410 |
| 2015 | 26 | #1,353 |
| 2014 | 31 | #1,189 |
| 2013 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 2012 | 44 | #919 |
| 2011 | 37 | #1,024 |
| 2010 | 51 | #772 |
| 2009 | 54 | #736 |
| 2008 | 58 | #694 |
| 2007 | 52 | #714 |
| 2006 | 61 | #607 |
| 2005 | 56 | #633 |
| 2004 | 48 | #670 |
| 2003 | 46 | #675 |
| 2002 | 51 | #609 |
| 2001 | 47 | #621 |
| 2000 | 48 | #615 |
| 1999 | 78 | #443 |
| 1998 | 35 | #746 |
| 1997 | 24 | #969 |
| 1996 | 27 | #878 |
How popular is Anjali in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,645among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 65about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 65 girls in the US were named Anjali, making it the 2,645th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,156th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 255 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964.
2025 had fewer girls named Anjali than any year since 1994.
Half of all the girls named Anjali in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anjali in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #2,645 |
| 2024 | 74 | #2,434 |
| 2023 | 74 | #2,415 |
| 2022 | 88 | #2,156 |
| 2021 | 80 | #2,286 |
| 2020 | 84 | #2,156 |
| 2019 | 103 | #1,919 |
| 2018 | 97 | #2,014 |
| 2017 | 94 | #2,074 |
| 2016 | 123 | #1,719 |
| 2015 | 149 | #1,513 |
| 2014 | 130 | #1,643 |
| 2013 | 198 | #1,210 |
| 2012 | 177 | #1,326 |
| 2011 | 198 | #1,210 |
| 2010 | 206 | #1,180 |
| 2009 | 229 | #1,110 |
| 2008 | 247 | #1,057 |
| 2007 | 238 | #1,092 |
| 2006 | 251 | #1,018 |
| 2005 | 255 | #965 |
| 2004 | 210 | #1,090 |
| 2003 | 231 | #999 |
| 2002 | 238 | #939 |
| 2001 | 222 | #969 |
| 2000 | 230 | #932 |
| 1999 | 202 | #1,010 |
| 1998 | 93 | #1,707 |
| 1997 | 80 | #1,842 |
| 1996 | 96 | #1,607 |
| 1995 | 73 | #1,895 |
| 1994 | 53 | #2,407 |
| 1993 | 61 | #2,171 |
| 1992 | 55 | #2,346 |
| 1991 | 28 | #3,716 |
| 1990 | 39 | #2,895 |
| 1989 | 50 | #2,333 |
| 1988 | 46 | #2,364 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,778 |
| 1986 | 38 | #2,563 |
| 1985 | 45 | #2,252 |
| 1984 | 42 | #2,298 |
| 1983 | 48 | #2,068 |
| 1982 | 37 | #2,532 |
| 1981 | 43 | #2,305 |
| 1980 | 41 | #2,342 |
| 1979 | 48 | #2,088 |
| 1978 | 42 | #2,191 |
| 1977 | 40 | #2,257 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,187 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,403 |
| 1974 | 25 | #2,835 |
| 1973 | 31 | #2,405 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,166 |
| 1970 | 26 | #2,705 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
Names like Anjali
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avani Vaishnavi Dhriti Avni Anvi Aadhini Sanvi Yashvi Tanvi Aashvi Aarohi Dhanvi
Names related to Anjali
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Anjali: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anjali, updated 20 October 2026.