Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Anel*

#4,285 most common girls' name of all time · #7,301 across all names · 12% male / 88% female · used 1971–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#4,285
Rank overall
#7,301 of 105,966
First appeared
1971
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
2,141
Since 2016
138
Peak year
1991 #1,872
Best rank
#1,627 1974
Girls Boys peak 76/yr
198020002020

Anel first appears in 1971. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 7 — 7 #12,199
2024 8 — 8 #11,347
2023 12 5 17 #8,612
2022 11 — 11 #9,229
2021 8 — 8 #11,410
2020 16 — 16 #7,004
2019 18 — 18 #6,496
2018 15 — 15 #7,527
2017 15 5 20 #7,555
2016 13 5 18 #8,520
2015 15 — 15 #7,721
2014 24 — 24 #5,506
2013 19 8 27 #6,556
2012 10 6 16 #10,639
2011 10 7 17 #10,591
2010 17 9 26 #7,311
2009 40 9 49 #3,897
2008 37 12 49 #4,213
2007 57 12 69 #3,068
2006 43 13 56 #3,644
2005 39 16 55 #3,772
2004 50 12 62 #3,099
2003 53 19 72 #2,904
2002 50 13 63 #2,952
2001 44 17 61 #3,175
2000 38 10 48 #3,495
1999 42 14 56 #3,124
1998 50 11 61 #2,713
1997 45 6 51 #2,762
1996 43 8 51 #2,815
1995 45 6 51 #2,722
1994 64 8 72 #2,136
1993 41 7 48 #2,921
1992 57 — 57 #2,312
1991 76 — 76 #1,872
1990 55 — 55 #2,311
1989 44 6 50 #2,607
1988 46 — 46 #2,404
1987 29 7 36 #3,232
1986 28 7 35 #3,259
1985 25 — 25 #3,493
1984 35 — 35 #2,668
1983 33 — 33 #2,713
1982 34 — 34 #2,756
1981 33 6 39 #2,767
1980 35 — 35 #2,694
1979 36 — 36 #2,577
1978 47 — 47 #2,047
1977 52 — 52 #1,921
1976 36 — 36 #2,332
1975 44 — 44 #2,022
1974 58 — 58 #1,627
1973 37 — 37 #2,169
1972 27 — 27 #2,677
1971 11 — 11 #5,128