Anuja

Girls' name

Younger sister

Anuja has been given to 121 babies in the U.S. since 1977. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2000, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Anuja, 2013

1 in 456,000

Anuja over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Anuja: meaning, origin, and history

Younger sister

Sanskrit

What Anuja means

Anuja means “younger sister”, associated with anujā.

Origin, language, and formation

Anuja is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 121 girls were recorded with the name Anuja between 1977 and 2013. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2000; its best national rank was #7,351 in 1983.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Anuja?

Anuja had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2013, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2013: 1 in 456,000; 8 of 3,645,938 births
Among girls only: 1 in 219,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2013: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 315,898 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Anuja sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2013 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 315,898 children born in 2013 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Anuja. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Anujas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Anuja was born before 1996 — so the typical Anuja is around 29 today.

Median birth year: 1996; About 29 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 33.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 69.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 121; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 33.9% of all recorded uses (41).

Is Anuja rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2000 (10)
Years since peak: 25; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 23.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,351; 1983

Spellings of Anuja

Anuja is not the most common spelling — Anna is, with 66.5% against Anuja's <0.01%.

Anna66.5%914,859
Anita15.6%215,165
Ana8.1%111,359
Anya1.5%20,561
Aniya1.3%18,085
Anaya1.3%17,997
Anika1.2%16,804
Aja0.60%8,314

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Anuja around the world

Where Anuja ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2004–2016
#5,785
in 2016
South Australia
1974–2002
#730
in 2002

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Anuja by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #7,351; 1983
Peak year: 2000; 10 that year
First recorded: 1977
Last recorded: 2013
All-time count: 121
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Anuja

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Anuri Anuhea Anushree Anum Anuva Anura Anupama Anushri Anuhya Anuradha Anuli Anu Anuska Anujin Anureet Anushka Anusha Auja Anuoluwa Anush Puja Anusri Anuoluwapo Tauja

Sibling names for Anuja

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Madisen Nada Sydnie Sydni Savana Brigid Jackeline Gabriel

For a brother

Donavon Kevon Keshawn Syed Koby Shamar Johnson Lars

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