Anjana
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Anjana is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Anjana mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Anjana a girl's or a boy's name?
Anjana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anjana in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Anjana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Anjana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Anjana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Anjana, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Anjana in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anjana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,885 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 22 | #5,169 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
Names like Anjana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Akshara, Anvika, Prisha, Avira, Arya, Anisha, Divisha, Radhika, Priya, Advika, Avani, Krisha
Names related to Anjana
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena
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, “Anjana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anjana, updated 20 October 2026.