Gitanjali

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded; Sanskrit origin

Gitanjali has been given to 40 babies in the U.S. since 1996. 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 1996, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Gitanjali, 2014

1 in 741,000

Gitanjali 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gitanjali: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; Sanskrit origin

Sanskrit

What Gitanjali means

Gitanjali is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Gitanjali is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 40 girls were recorded with the name Gitanjali between 1996 and 2014. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1996; its best national rank was #10,969 in 1996.

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.

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How common is Gitanjali?

Gitanjali had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2014, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2014: 1 in 741,000; 5 of 3,706,812 births
Among girls only: 1 in 357,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2014: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 513,874 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Gitanjali 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 2014 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 513,874 children born in 2014 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gitanjali. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gitanjalis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gitanjali was born before 2004 — so the typical Gitanjali is around 21 today.

Median birth year: 2004; About 21 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 57.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 40; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 57.5% of all recorded uses (23).

Is Gitanjali 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 1996 (7)
Years since peak: 29; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 40.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #10,969; 1996

Gitanjali 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: #10,969; 1996
Peak year: 1996; 7 that year
First recorded: 1996
Last recorded: 2014
All-time count: 40
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Gitanjali

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

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Sibling names for Gitanjali

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

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For a brother

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