girls:
5.7k births since 1964
#2209 (61st percentile)
overall:
5.7k births since 1964
#3609 (53rd percentile)
The name Anjali is the #3,609 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,681 recorded births since 1964. This represents the 53.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 53.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,209 (61.4% percentile) for all time with 5,681 births since 1964.
Anjali first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1964 (first recorded for girls in 1964). Birth data for Anjali is available in 59 out of the 60 years between 1964 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Anjali reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 26.4% percentile (ranked #691) with 126 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 126 births per million (ranked 26.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2009, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Anjali ranks #879 for girls (7.2% percentile) with 42 births per million, which is 33.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Anjali".
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Our model has identified 14 different pronunciations for the name Anjali. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 19.1% confident that Anjali is pronounced as uhn-JAH-lee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AN-juh-lee, at 19.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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