Feminine dossier · first seen 1962

Anja

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Anja
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 2006

Peak era

2006

Peak rank proxy

122

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1962Peak 20062024

Peak year

2006

Decline from peak

60.7%

2024

All-time

2,761

Anja is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 2006, when 122 girls were named Anja.

In 2024, only 48 girls were given the name.

Down 60.7% from its peak.

All told, about 2,761 Americans have been named Anja and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1962.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryGradual decline from 2006

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