Name profile

Anjali

A name meaning "salutation".

Usage languagesHindi, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Tamil, Telugu
US rank (2025)#2,645

Meaning and history

Anjali is a name derived from Sanskrit अञ्जलि (añjali), meaning “salutation.”

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 251 births, rank #1,018
2007: 238 births, rank #1,092
2008: 247 births, rank #1,057
2009: 229 births, rank #1,110
2010: 206 births, rank #1,180
20112011: 198 births, rank #1,210
2012: 177 births, rank #1,326
2013: 198 births, rank #1,210
2014: 130 births, rank #1,643
2015: 149 births, rank #1,513
20162016: 123 births, rank #1,719
2017: 94 births, rank #2,074
2018: 97 births, rank #2,014
2019: 103 births, rank #1,919
2020: 84 births, rank #2,156
20212021: 80 births, rank #2,286
2022: 88 births, rank #2,156
2023: 74 births, rank #2,415
2024: 74 births, rank #2,434
20252025: 65 births, rank #2,645

Anjali moved from #939 to #965 for girls between 2002 and 2005. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 255.