Anjali

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Anjali: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Anjali: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #410 in 1999, and it stood at #885 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#410highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#823
1997	#897
1998	#701
1999	#410
2000	#571
2001	#579
2002	#574
2003	#637
2004	#626
2005	#596
2006	#571
2007	#693
2008	#639
2009	#701
2010	#719
2011	#959
2012	#874
2013	#1253
2014	#1120
2015	#1324
2016	#1327
2017	#2201
2018	#1887
2019	#2170
2020	#2163
2021	#1692
2022	#1948
2023	#1863
2024	#2115

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #823 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #410 among girls in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2115 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Anjali by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Anjali in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	162	4 of 10	41
2000sbusiest	510	10 of 10	51
2010s	278	10 of 10	28
2020s	71	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 51 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1998 and 1999, when recorded births rose by 43, from 34 to 77.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Anjali appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #410 in England and Wales in 1999.

Anjali's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2115	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1863	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1692	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2170	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1887	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1327	25	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1324	25	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1120	31	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1253	27	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#874	43	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#959	37	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#719	51	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#701	52	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#639	58	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#693	49	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#571	60	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#596	54	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#626	48	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#637	45	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#574	50	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#579	47	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#571	47	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#410	77	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#701	34	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#897	24	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#823	27	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#885	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #410, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 77 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2025, and 29 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ainsley · #410, 27y
Amani · #410, 29y
Chukwuemeka · #409, 28y
Fahd · #409, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ainsley · #410, 27y
Amani · #410, 29y
Hasnain · #410, 29y
Abiola · #409, 18y

Anjali was ranked #410 in England and Wales · Girls in 1999. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Anjali and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Anjali without appearing here.

Anjali moved ahead of

Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1887 and #4684.
Rachael Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2163 and #1939 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1692 and #3519.
Sinead Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1863 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2115 and #3695.
Karen Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2163 and #1773 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1692 and #3192.

Moved ahead of Anjali

Eileen Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1887 and #2090 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2170 and #1316.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2163 and #1313.
Ezra Compare
In 2016 they stood at #1327 and #1689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2201 and #1411.
Shania Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1863 and #2063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2115 and #1353.

Moved the opposite way to Anjali

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anjali went from #823 to #2115 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anjali went from #823 to #2115 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anjali went from #823 to #2115 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anjali went from #823 to #2115 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Anjali

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anjali went from #823 to #2115 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anjali went from #823 to #2115 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anjali went from #823 to #2115 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anjali went from #823 to #2115 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #410 in England and Wales in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Anjali by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Anjali by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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