Anja

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A few things about Anja you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Anja

Anja Pärson

Swedish former alpine skier

Choose Anja and your child shares a first name with Anja Pärson, a Swedish former alpine skier. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Anja, like who?” Anja Pärson's Wikipedia article is available in 46 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 45,872 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Anja, 35 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Anja would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryAnja first shows up in US birth records in 1962, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 63 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2002, when it reached #1,683.
• 🍂TrendAnja has slipped 1,052 places over the last five years and now sits at #4,067. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 💬MeaningAnja is a Slavic form of Anna, which means “grace”.

About the name Anja

Anja is a girl name meaning “grace”. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, starting with A and ending in “-nja”. US birth records list Anja for girls from 1962 to 2025, in 63 of those 64 years. Its best year was 2002, when it ranked #1,683 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #4,067, with 35 babies.