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.

Anuj

#4,996 most common boys' name of all time · #12,366 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1969–2022

Rank among boys
#4,996
Rank overall
#12,366 of 105,966
First appeared
1969
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
937
Since 2016
79
Peak year
2006 #2,598
Best rank
#2,295 1979
Girls Boys peak 46/yr
198020002020

Anuj first appears in 1969. 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
2022 — 5 5 #12,676
2021 — 5 5 #12,508
2020 — 9 9 #8,216
2019 — 16 16 #5,642
2018 — 8 8 #8,988
2017 — 17 17 #5,364
2016 — 19 19 #5,001
2015 — 20 20 #4,778
2014 — 15 15 #5,822
2013 — 19 19 #4,867
2012 — 15 15 #5,798
2011 — 19 19 #4,866
2010 — 18 18 #5,109
2009 — 25 25 #4,079
2008 — 43 43 #2,805
2007 — 19 19 #4,861
2006 — 46 46 #2,598
2005 — 33 33 #3,134
2004 — 35 35 #2,915
2003 — 15 15 #5,107
2002 — 33 33 #2,849
2001 — 27 27 #3,275
2000 — 35 35 #2,650
1999 — 26 26 #3,140
1998 — 21 21 #3,540
1997 — 25 25 #3,024
1996 — 15 15 #4,292
1995 — 16 16 #3,946
1994 — 14 14 #4,405
1993 — 15 15 #4,118
1992 — 24 24 #2,884
1991 — 20 20 #3,182
1990 — 19 19 #3,256
1989 — 16 16 #3,561
1988 — 13 13 #3,835
1987 — 17 17 #3,026
1986 — 14 14 #3,379
1985 — 19 19 #2,684
1984 — 16 16 #2,913
1983 — 20 20 #2,481
1982 — 22 22 #2,325
1981 — 18 18 #2,648
1980 — 14 14 #3,219
1979 — 22 22 #2,295
1978 — 9 9 #4,063
1977 — 10 10 #3,779
1976 — 8 8 #4,307
1975 — 7 7 #4,665
1974 — 5 5 #5,701
1973 — 5 5 #5,601
1971 — 6 6 #4,803
1969 — 5 5 #4,938