Anjali

Where Anjali comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit अञ्जलि (añjali).
— Wiktionary's entry for Anjali
  • Sanskrit
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1927
    Anjali Devi born
    Indian actress, producer
  2. 1964
    First appearance
    #6,009 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1989
    Anjali Patil born
    Indian actress
  4. 2000
    Peak, #933
    230 babies named Anjali — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2017
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,074.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Namesakes
  • Anjali Devi · Indian actress, producer, 1927–2014
  • Anjali Patil · Indian actress, born 1989
  • Anjali Bhagwat · Indian sport shooter, born 1969
  • Anjali Sharma · cricketer, born 1956
  • Anjali Gopalan · Indian LGBT rights activist, born 1957

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.