Anja comes from the Hebrew / Germanic tradition, meaning Grace, favour, God has blessed.
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How popular is Anja?
2006peak year
Anja has settled into a steady rhythm — neither rising sharply nor fading, holding a consistent place in U.S. birth records. It currently ranks well outside the top 1,000 (around #3007), with about 56 babies named Anja each year. In 2006, 122 babies received the name (ranked #1709). Total registrations across all years since 1880: roughly 2,761.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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