Anel
- #11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
- Given to girls 87.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1974 · 58 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,877since 1971
Anel over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | — | |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,923 | 16 | — | |
| 2019 | #6,414 | 18 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 | — | |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #8,393 | 13 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #7,613 | 15 | — | |
| 2014 | #5,456 | 24 | — | |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #3,870 | 40 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | #4,179 | 37 | #6,763 | 12 |
| 2007 | #3,047 | 57 | #6,622 | 12 |
| 2006 | #3,617 | 43 | #6,094 | 13 |
| 2005 | #3,730 | 39 | #5,034 | 16 |
| 2004 | #3,071 | 50 | #6,138 | 12 |
| 2003 | #2,885 | 53 | #4,276 | 19 |
| 2002 | #2,935 | 50 | #5,395 | 13 |
| 2001 | #3,142 | 44 | #4,476 | 17 |
| 2000 | #3,453 | 38 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | #3,099 | 42 | #4,762 | 14 |
| 1998 | #2,691 | 50 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #2,733 | 45 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #2,796 | 43 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #2,687 | 45 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #2,124 | 64 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #2,882 | 41 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #2,295 | 57 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,857 | 76 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,289 | 55 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,572 | 44 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #2,369 | 46 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,169 | 29 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #3,203 | 28 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #3,419 | 25 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,625 | 35 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,659 | 33 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,704 | 34 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,723 | 33 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #2,651 | 35 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,525 | 36 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,012 | 47 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,901 | 52 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,292 | 36 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,986 | 44 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,616 | 58 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,127 | 37 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,598 | 27 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | — | |
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First appearance
1971
The first year at least five girls were named Anel! It came in at #4,810, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2024–2025, when fewer than 9 girls a year got the name.
Where Anel is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Anel in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Anel
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 5,009 spots since 2020 (#6,923 → #11,932)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1971
- Peaked 1974 at #1,616 (58 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 24,671
- Highest: 1 in 24,671 girls born in 1991 were named Anel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,616 in 1974, was only 1 in 25,302 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 27.6% of all girls named Anel (518) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 348 | #1,616 (1974) | #2,430 |
| 1980s | 342 | #2,369 (1988) | #2,809 |
| 1990s | 518 | #1,857 (1991) | #2,545 |
| 2000s | 451 | #2,885 (2003) | #3,393 |
| 2010s | 156 | #5,456 (2014) | #7,721 |
| 2020s | 62 | #6,923 (2020) | #9,778 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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