Anja
6
Babies in 2024
-70%
10-year change
2011
Peak · 34
-40%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Anja
Anja has been falling out of fashion as a UK girl's name. In 2024, 6 girls were registered with the name in England & Wales — down 70% on a decade earlier.
Anja reached its peak in 2011, when 34 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #1,015 for UK girls that year. That's roughly 18% of the peak — registrations have thinned out since.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 503 girls have been officially registered with the name Anja in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 124 girls were registered with the name, starting from 20 in 2014 and ending at 6 in 2024.