Anatole

Peak · boys
1889 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
204
since 1889

Anatole over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Anatole has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #974, 1889boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
2025#12,0085
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2022#10,8636
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2016#10,7446
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2007#12,3675
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1995#8,8685
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1991#8,2365
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1979#4,4038
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1977#5,8455
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1963#3,3187
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1958#3,5596
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1956#3,9425
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1954#2,9428
1953#2,9058
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1951#3,0667
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1949#3,0197
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1935#3,2526
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1932#3,7765
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1930#3,2897
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1928#3,0768
1927#3,4517
1926#4,2015
1925#3,7416
1924#2,64111
1923#3,4677
1922#3,5327
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1920#3,8156
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1918#2,54311
1917#3,5456
1916#2,9268
1915#3,3926
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1889#9745
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First appearance
1889

The first year at least five boys were named Anatole! It came in at #974, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1914, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Anatole is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Anatole in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Anatole
Momentum · boys
Brand new
    Rise & fade · boys
    Peaked on debut
    • Debuted 1889
    • Peaked 1889 at #974 (5 births)
    • Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
    Top of the charts · boys
    Top 1,000 for 1 yr
    • Top 10: never
    • Top 100: never
    • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1889
    Share of babies · boys
    1 in 22,116
    • Highest: 1 in 22,116 boys born in 1889 were named Anatole (0.00%)
    • Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
    Era · boys
    The 1920s
    • 27.9% of all boys named Anatole (57) were born in this decade
    Show by decade
    DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
    1880s5#974 (1889)#974
    1890s0——
    1900s0——
    1910s31#2,543 (1918)#3,102
    1920s57#2,641 (1924)#3,491
    1930s18#3,252 (1935)#3,439
    1940s7#3,019 (1949)#3,019
    1950s34#2,905 (1953)#3,283
    1960s7#3,318 (1963)#3,318
    1970s13#4,403 (1979)#5,124
    1980s0——
    1990s10#8,236 (1991)#8,552
    2000s5#12,367 (2007)#12,367
    2010s6#10,744 (2016)#10,744
    2020s11#10,863 (2022)#11,436

    All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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