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.

Anela

#4,808 most common girls' name of all time · #8,156 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1959–2025

Rank among girls
#4,808
Rank overall
#8,156 of 105,966
First appeared
1959
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
1,793
Since 2016
464
Peak year
2007 #2,404
Best rank
#2,377 2003
Girls Boys peak 79/yr
1960198020002020

Anela first appears in 1959. 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 58 — 58 #2,911
2024 54 — 54 #3,026
2023 52 — 52 #3,155
2022 51 — 51 #3,181
2021 47 — 47 #3,354
2020 35 — 35 #4,033
2019 37 — 37 #3,945
2018 26 — 26 #5,048
2017 51 — 51 #3,158
2016 53 — 53 #3,115
2015 42 — 42 #3,667
2014 67 — 67 #2,626
2013 52 — 52 #3,134
2012 74 — 74 #2,484
2011 71 — 71 #2,542
2010 72 — 72 #2,543
2009 66 — 66 #2,739
2008 48 — 48 #3,440
2007 79 — 79 #2,404
2006 61 — 61 #2,865
2005 53 — 53 #3,025
2004 70 — 70 #2,432
2003 70 — 70 #2,377
2002 56 — 56 #2,724
2001 48 — 48 #2,984
2000 39 — 39 #3,422
1999 30 — 30 #3,926
1998 30 — 30 #3,858
1997 24 — 24 #4,420
1996 16 — 16 #5,874
1995 13 — 13 #6,762
1994 18 — 18 #5,323
1993 7 — 7 #10,869
1992 6 — 6 #12,105
1991 11 — 11 #7,596
1990 14 — 14 #6,258
1989 6 — 6 #11,279
1988 9 — 9 #7,941
1987 9 — 9 #7,586
1986 15 — 15 #5,078
1985 10 — 10 #6,652
1984 11 — 11 #6,089
1983 8 — 8 #7,611
1982 9 — 9 #7,136
1981 13 — 13 #5,419
1980 14 — 14 #5,101
1979 16 — 16 #4,532
1978 13 — 13 #5,088
1977 6 — 6 #8,902
1976 10 — 10 #5,846
1975 5 — 5 #9,638
1974 8 — 8 #6,590
1971 8 — 8 #6,371
1970 7 — 7 #6,775
1968 5 — 5 #7,722
1964 5 — 5 #7,498
1959 5 — 5 #7,061