Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Anja

#3,602 most common girls' name of all time · #6,151 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1962–2025

Rank among girls
#3,602
Rank overall
#6,151 of 105,966
First appeared
1962
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
2,797
Since 2016
521
Peak year
2006 #1,717
Best rank
#1,688 2002
Girls Boys peak 122/yr
198020002020

Anja first appears in 1962. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 35 — 35 #4,100
2024 48 — 48 #3,289
2023 51 — 51 #3,201
2022 50 — 50 #3,244
2021 46 — 46 #3,406
2020 53 — 53 #3,030
2019 57 — 57 #2,906
2018 45 — 45 #3,464
2017 64 — 64 #2,697
2016 72 — 72 #2,507
2015 73 — 73 #2,483
2014 49 — 49 #3,292
2013 62 — 62 #2,783
2012 87 — 87 #2,171
2011 81 — 81 #2,306
2010 84 — 84 #2,285
2009 80 — 80 #2,405
2008 73 — 73 #2,567
2007 99 — 99 #2,061
2006 122 — 122 #1,717
2005 84 — 84 #2,188
2004 87 — 87 #2,093
2003 80 — 80 #2,179
2002 109 — 109 #1,688
2001 72 — 72 #2,246
2000 66 — 66 #2,353
1999 61 — 61 #2,413
1998 44 — 44 #2,951
1997 30 — 30 #3,765
1996 55 — 55 #2,387
1995 27 — 27 #3,916
1994 39 — 39 #3,011
1993 21 — 21 #4,745
1992 39 — 39 #3,007
1991 40 — 40 #2,912
1990 44 — 44 #2,670
1989 32 — 32 #3,300
1988 26 — 26 #3,647
1987 20 — 20 #4,200
1986 20 — 20 #4,111
1985 25 — 25 #3,474
1984 19 — 19 #4,106
1983 20 — 20 #3,896
1982 21 — 21 #3,858
1981 17 — 17 #4,458
1980 16 — 16 #4,637
1979 14 — 14 #4,978
1978 17 — 17 #4,181
1977 14 — 14 #4,835
1976 14 — 14 #4,522
1975 16 — 16 #4,081
1974 19 — 19 #3,525
1973 12 — 12 #4,770
1972 23 — 23 #2,965
1971 39 — 39 #2,136
1970 27 — 27 #2,699
1969 23 — 23 #2,841
1968 29 — 29 #2,295
1967 26 — 26 #2,430
1966 20 — 20 #2,837
1965 41 — 41 #1,800
1964 11 — 11 #4,346
1962 7 — 7 #5,825