Anja is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 2006 and has grown less common since.
Anja is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #4,075 for girl births in the United States (and #7,122 across all names), given to 35 babies. Anja first appears in 1962 and peaked in 2006 (122 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | 35 | #4,075 |
| 2024 | 48 | 48 | #3,283 |
| 2023 | 51 | 51 | #3,187 |
| 2022 | 50 | 50 | #3,220 |
| 2021 | 46 | 46 | #3,394 |
| 2020 | 53 | 53 | #3,022 |
| 2019 | 57 | 57 | #2,892 |
| 2018 | 45 | 45 | #3,441 |
| 2017 | 64 | 64 | #2,692 |
| 2016 | 72 | 72 | #2,503 |
| 2015 | 73 | 73 | #2,475 |
| 2014 | 49 | 49 | #3,277 |
| 2013 | 62 | 62 | #2,773 |
| 2012 | 87 | 87 | #2,161 |
| 2011 | 81 | 81 | #2,302 |
| 2010 | 84 | 84 | #2,274 |
| 2009 | 80 | 80 | #2,400 |
| 2008 | 73 | 73 | #2,557 |
| 2007 | 99 | 99 | #2,060 |
| 2006 | 122 | 122 | #1,709 |
| 2005 | 84 | 84 | #2,183 |
| 2004 | 87 | 87 | #2,089 |
| 2003 | 80 | 80 | #2,170 |
| 2002 | 109 | 109 | #1,684 |
| 2001 | 72 | 72 | #2,241 |
| 2000 | 66 | 66 | #2,336 |
| 1999 | 61 | 61 | #2,406 |
| 1998 | 44 | 44 | #2,933 |
| 1997 | 30 | — | #3,720 |
| 1996 | 55 | — | #2,373 |
| 1995 | 27 | — | #3,886 |
| 1994 | 39 | — | #2,991 |
| 1993 | 21 | — | #4,680 |
| 1992 | 39 | — | #2,979 |
| 1991 | 40 | — | #2,890 |
| 1990 | 44 | — | #2,647 |
| 1989 | 32 | — | #3,258 |
| 1988 | 26 | — | #3,590 |
| 1987 | 20 | — | #4,132 |
| 1986 | 20 | — | #4,038 |
| 1985 | 25 | — | #3,425 |
| 1984 | 19 | — | #4,000 |
| 1983 | 20 | — | #3,819 |
| 1982 | 21 | — | #3,786 |
| 1981 | 17 | — | #4,356 |
| 1980 | 16 | — | #4,522 |
| 1979 | 14 | — | #4,855 |
| 1978 | 17 | — | #4,085 |
| 1977 | 14 | — | #4,672 |
| 1976 | 14 | — | #4,369 |
| 1975 | 16 | — | #3,959 |
| 1974 | 19 | — | #3,432 |
| 1973 | 12 | — | #4,590 |
| 1972 | 23 | — | #2,906 |
| 1971 | 39 | — | #2,109 |
| 1970 | 27 | — | #2,651 |
| 1969 | 23 | — | #2,770 |
| 1968 | 29 | — | #2,249 |
| 1967 | 26 | — | #2,380 |
| 1966 | 20 | — | #2,756 |
| 1965 | 41 | — | #1,769 |
| 1964 | 11 | — | #4,108 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | #5,310 |