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.

Anil

#4,387 most common boys' name of all time · #10,773 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1959–2024

Rank among boys
#4,387
Rank overall
#10,773 of 105,966
First appeared
1959
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
1,160
Since 2016
27
Peak year
1989 #1,692
Best rank
#1,387 1974
Girls Boys peak 46/yr
1960198020002020

Anil 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
2024 — 7 7 #10,086
2019 — 9 9 #8,349
2018 — 6 6 #10,986
2017 — 5 5 #12,560
2014 — 5 5 #12,414
2013 — 7 7 #9,871
2012 — 6 6 #11,033
2011 — 7 7 #9,823
2010 — 10 10 #7,686
2009 — 10 10 #7,834
2008 — 12 12 #6,872
2007 — 6 6 #11,161
2006 — 10 10 #7,554
2005 — 10 10 #7,233
2004 — 9 9 #7,686
2003 — 12 12 #5,977
2002 — 16 16 #4,758
2001 — 20 20 #4,023
2000 — 28 28 #3,101
1999 — 20 20 #3,745
1998 — 26 26 #3,046
1997 — 27 27 #2,868
1996 — 19 19 #3,591
1995 — 22 22 #3,143
1994 — 22 22 #3,154
1993 — 28 28 #2,606
1992 — 25 25 #2,789
1991 — 34 34 #2,171
1990 — 37 37 #2,035
1989 — 46 46 #1,692
1988 — 25 25 #2,418
1987 — 41 41 #1,668
1986 — 24 24 #2,337
1985 — 31 31 #1,901
1984 — 35 35 #1,683
1983 — 37 37 #1,615
1982 — 30 30 #1,882
1981 — 32 32 #1,805
1980 — 33 33 #1,751
1979 — 42 42 #1,454
1978 — 33 33 #1,679
1977 — 27 27 #1,892
1976 — 26 26 #1,917
1975 — 39 39 #1,424
1974 — 39 39 #1,387
1973 — 21 21 #2,028
1972 — 18 18 #2,226
1971 — 17 17 #2,350
1970 — 14 14 #2,602
1969 — 16 16 #2,209
1968 — 16 16 #2,102
1967 — 16 16 #2,029
1966 — 6 6 #3,889
1965 — 10 10 #2,762
1963 — 9 9 #3,037
1962 — 6 6 #3,988
1960 — 7 7 #3,645
1959 — 9 9 #3,032