Given name
Anjana
“a gift of God's favor”
Anjana is a variant of Anjanette. One American interpretation is “a gift of God's favor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Anjana is a variant of Anjanette. One American interpretation is “a gift of God's favor.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Anjana is a variant of Anjanette. An origin associated with Anjanette is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anjana through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 573
- 0 boys · 573 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,031 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −36%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,031 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 36.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 28 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,384 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Anjana’s family of names
Anjana has a related form in Anjanette.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Anjana
- Anjana SukhaniIndian actressborn 1978
- Anjana Om KashyapIndian journalist and anchorborn 1975
- Anjana MumtazIndian Hindi actressborn 1941
- Anjana SultanaBangladeshi actress1965–2025
- Anjana VasanSingaporean actress (born 1987)
- Anjana RanganIndian video jockey and anchorborn 1989
- Anjana AppachanaIndian novelist residing in the United Statesborn 1972
- Anjana SinghIndian Bhojpuri actressborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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